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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 10.9
अहितुण्डिकातो हस्तातो यत्नात् क्रीतं सुभाषितं ।
यावज् जीवन्ते अमुष्यां पेलायां दुष्कृतं कृतं ॥ ९ ॥
ahituṇḍikāto hastāto yatnāt krītaṃ subhāṣitaṃ |
yāvaj jīvante amuṣyāṃ pelāyāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ || 9 ||
*missing text* (9)
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 (10.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ahitundika, Hasta, Yatna, Krita, Subhashita, Jivanta, Jivanti, Adah, Pela, Dushkrit, Dushkrita, Krit,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 10.9). 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: “ahituṇḍikāto hastāto yatnāt krītaṃ subhāṣitaṃ ”
- ahituṇḍikāt -
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ahituṇḍika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- o* -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- hastāt -
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hasta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]hasta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- o* -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- yatnāt -
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yatna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- krītam -
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krīta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]krīta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]krītā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√krī -> krīta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √krī class 9 verb]√krī -> krīta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √krī class 9 verb], [accusative single from √krī class 9 verb]
- subhāṣitam -
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subhāṣita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]subhāṣita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]subhāṣitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “yāvaj jīvante amuṣyāṃ pelāyāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ ”
- Cannot analyse yāvaj*jī
- jīvante -
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jīvanta (noun, masculine)[locative single]jīvanta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jīvantā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]jīvanti (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- amuṣyām -
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adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)[locative single]
- pelāyā -
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pela (noun, masculine)[dative single]pela (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- duṣkṛtam -
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duṣkṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]duṣkṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]duṣkṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]duṣkṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 10.9
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit