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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 11.21
अतः प्रभृति या शुद्धा तां जातिम् अनुयान्ति ते ।
अतः प्रभृति यं शुद्धं तद् रूपम् अनुभवन्ति ते ॥ २१ ॥
ataḥ prabhṛti yā śuddhā tāṃ jātim anuyānti te |
ataḥ prabhṛti yaṃ śuddhaṃ tad rūpam anubhavanti te || 21 ||
Henceforth, whatever birth is pure that they do achieve, and whatever form is pure that do they win. (21)
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 (11.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atah, Shuddha, Jati, Anuya, Anti, Tad, Yushmad, Yah, Tat, Rupa, Anubha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 11.21). 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: “ataḥ prabhṛti yā śuddhā tāṃ jātim anuyānti te ”
- ataḥ -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- prabhṛti -
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prabhṛti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śuddhā -
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śuddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- jātim -
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jāti (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- anuyā -
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anuyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- anti -
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anti (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]antī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [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]
- Line 2: “ataḥ prabhṛti yaṃ śuddhaṃ tad rūpam anubhavanti te ”
- ataḥ -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- prabhṛti -
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prabhṛti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- yam -
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ya (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śuddham -
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śuddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śuddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śuddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- rūpam -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rūpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rūpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- anubha -
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anubha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anubha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vanti -
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vanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- 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 11.21
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit