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).
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___idam avocad bhagavān rājagṛhe viharanto gṛddhakūṭe parvate imasmiṃś ca punar vyākaraṇe bhāṣyamāṇe paṃcaśikhasya gandharvaputrasya virajaṃ vigatamalaṃ dharmeṣu dharmacakṣurviśuddhaṃ āttamanaḥ paṃcaśikho gandharvaputro bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanande //
___bhagavān āha // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tadā mahāgovinda nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi / na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ sa bhikṣavaḥ tena kālena tena samayena mahāgovindo nāma brāmaṇo abhūṣi / tadāpi mayā pravrajitena mahājanakāyo anupravrajito / etarahiṃ pi mayā pravrajitena mahājanakāyo anupravrajito //
_____samāptaṃ govindīyaṃ bhagavato pūrvenivāsasaṃprayuktaṃ sūtraṃ //
bhagavāṃ samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgatas tam artham abhisaṃbhāvayitvā śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍasyārāme śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca satkṛto gurukṛto mānito pūjito apacito vistareṇa nidānaṃ kṛtvā yāvac cetovaśiprāptā ca punar buddhā bhagavanto yehi vihārehi ākāṃkṣanti viharituṃ tehi vihārehi
___bhagavān āha // syāt khalu punar bhikṣavo yuṣmākam evam asyād anyaḥ sa tadā mahāgovinda nāma brāhmaṇo abhūṣi / na khalv etad evaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ / tat kasya hetoḥ / ahaṃ sa bhikṣavaḥ tena kālena tena samayena mahāgovindo nāma brāmaṇo abhūṣi / tadāpi mayā pravrajitena mahājanakāyo anupravrajito / etarahiṃ pi mayā pravrajitena mahājanakāyo anupravrajito //
_____samāptaṃ govindīyaṃ bhagavato pūrvenivāsasaṃprayuktaṃ sūtraṃ //
bhagavāṃ samyaksaṃbuddho yad arthaṃ samudāgatas tam artham abhisaṃbhāvayitvā śrāvastyāṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍasyārāme śāstā devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca satkṛto gurukṛto mānito pūjito apacito vistareṇa nidānaṃ kṛtvā yāvac cetovaśiprāptā ca punar buddhā bhagavanto yehi vihārehi ākāṃkṣanti viharituṃ tehi vihārehi