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 3.232
tatra puṣpāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ śuṇḍāmanuṣyāpeyā te tena tālapatraphalanirghoṣeṇa paṃcahi kāmaguṇehi samarpitā samanvaṃgībhūtā krīḍensuḥ pravicārayensuḥ // puṣpāvatī khalu punar ānanda rājadhānī saptahi vedikājālehi parikṣiptā citrā darśanīyā saptānāṃ varṇānāṃ indratapanārājadhānīvat* // tatra puṣpāvatyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ aśūnyā abhūṣi imehi evarūpehi śabdehi sayyathīdaṃ hastiśabdehi aśvaśabdehi rathaśabdehi pattiśabdehi bherīśabdehi paṇavaśabdehi śaṃkhaśabdehi veṇuśabdehi vīṇāśabdehi gītaśabdehi vāditaśabdehi aśnatha khādatha pibatha detha dānāni dharmaṃ caratha śramaṇabrāhmaṇeṣu bhadram astu vo ti śabdehi pūrṇā // tasyāṃ rājadhānyāṃ valayā nāma yaṣṭī abhūṣi citrā darśanīyā saptānāṃ varṇānāṃ suvarṇasya rūpyasya muktāyā vaiḍūryasya sphaṭikasya musāragalvasya lohitikāye / dvādaśa yojanāni udvedhena catvāri yojanāni abhiniveśaṃ //
idaṃ avocad bhagavān idaṃ vaditvā
hy athāparaṃ etad uvāca śāstā /
eteṣāṃ buddhāna paraṃparāye
śirasāhvayo pacchimako abhūṣi //
mahānubhāvo ṛṣi saṃghanāyako
vineti so koṭiśatāni sapta /
puraskṛto śramaṇagaṇasya nāyako
so prāviśat puṣpavatīṃ sunirmitāṃ //
śirasāhvayo ānanda tathāgato nāgakulottamaṃ tathāgataṃ vyākārṣīt* // nāgakulottamas
idaṃ avocad bhagavān idaṃ vaditvā
hy athāparaṃ etad uvāca śāstā /
eteṣāṃ buddhāna paraṃparāye
śirasāhvayo pacchimako abhūṣi //
mahānubhāvo ṛṣi saṃghanāyako
vineti so koṭiśatāni sapta /
puraskṛto śramaṇagaṇasya nāyako
so prāviśat puṣpavatīṃ sunirmitāṃ //
śirasāhvayo ānanda tathāgato nāgakulottamaṃ tathāgataṃ vyākārṣīt* // nāgakulottamas