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Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
Section 2.173
___sā dāni śyāmā gaṇikā tanmuhūrtaṃ caṇḍālā śabdāpiyāna āha // ahaṃ yuṣmākaṃ ettakaṃ ca ettakaṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ upajīvanaṃ dāsyāmi icchāmi pratyagramṛtakaṃ puruṣaṃ anādaṣṭaṃ ānīyantaṃ // āhansu // vāḍhaṃ ānīyati // tehi śmaśānaṃ gatvā pratyagramṛtako puruṣo anādaṣṭo ānīyate yathā na kenacid dṛṣṭo // te dāni caṇḍālā upajīvanaṃ dattvā visarjitā // tāye dāni śyāmāye so mṛtako puruṣo gandhodakena snāpayitvā gandhehi anulipitvā arhantehi vastrehi veṭhitvā camusmiṃ prakṣipitvā subaddhaṃ kṛtvā teṣāṃ ceṭīnām āha // sarva ekakaṇṭhā rodanaṃ karotha evaṃ ca vadatha āryaputro kālagato āryaputro kālagato ti // tehi ceṭīhi yathāyathā tāye śyāmāye sandiṣṭaṃ rodanaṃ kṛtaṃ // mahatā janakāyena gaṇikāye śyāmāye gṛhe rodanaśabdaṃ śrutvā śreṣṭhiputro kālagato ti / tasya śreṣṭhiputrasya mātāpitṛbhiḥ śrutaṃ so asmākaṃ ekaputrako kālagato ti // te dāni rodanaṃ karontā taṃ gaṇikākulaṃ gatāḥ sarvo ca jñātivargo / gaṇikāvīthijanena samāsyati // te āhansu // apaharatha etāṃ camuṃ paścimadarśanaṃ putraṃ paśyāma // tasyā dāni gaṇikāye etad abhūṣi / yadi camuṃ hariṣyanti tato buddhiṣyanti tad ahaṃ khaṇḍakhaṇḍaṃ chindiṣyaṃ // sā teṣāṃ āha // mā tumhe camuṃ apahariṣyatha // te āhansuḥ // kiṃkāraṇaṃ // sā āha // yaṃ kālaṃ āryaputro glāno taṃ kālaṃ mayā ukta āryaputra gacchāhi mātāpitṝṇāṃ kulaṃ / so dānāha / ettakehi varṣehi na gato na idānīṃ gamiṣyaṃ yāvad vārttībhavāmi tataḥ gamiṣyaṃ mātāpitṝṇi draṣṭuṃ / so dāni yaṃ velaṃ na vārttībhavati vyādhinā ca grasto tato naṃ ahaṃ saṃdiṣṭā mā me