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Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]
by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words
This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.
Verse 7.50
तेन स्कन्धा तडिबुद्बुदोपमा फेनपिण्डकम् इव प्रभास्वरं ।
देशिता दशबलेन जानता यस्य्ऽ इयं गुणकथा प्रवर्तते ॥ ५० ॥
tena skandhā taḍibudbudopamā phenapiṇḍakam iva prabhāsvaraṃ |
deśitā daśabalena jānatā yasy' iyaṃ guṇakathā pravartate || 50 ||
“He whose virtues are sung here, the knowing Dashabala, has shown that the skandhas are but as a lightning’s flash, as a bubble of air, or as the snow-white foam on the crest of a wave. (50)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Tena, Skandha, Tadi, Budbuda, Upama, Phenapinda, Kah, Iva, Prabhasvara, Deshita, Dashabala, Iyam, Idam, Gunakatha, Pravarta, Yushmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 7.50). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “tena skandhā taḍibudbudopamā phenapiṇḍakam iva prabhāsvaraṃ ”
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- skandhā -
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skandhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- taḍi -
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taḍi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]taḍi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]taḍi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- budbudo -
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budbuda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]budbuda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]budbudā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- upamā -
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upamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- phenapiṇḍa -
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phenapiṇḍa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kam -
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ka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- prabhāsvaram -
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prabhāsvara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]prabhāsvara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prabhāsvarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “deśitā daśabalena jānatā yasy' iyaṃ guṇakathā pravartate ”
- deśitā* -
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deśita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]deśitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√diś -> deśita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √diś], [vocative plural from √diś]√diś -> deśitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √diś], [vocative plural from √diś], [accusative plural from √diś]
- daśabalena -
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daśabala (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- jānatā* -
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- Cannot analyse yasy'*iy
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- guṇakathā -
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guṇakathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pravarta -
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pravarta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 7.50
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit