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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 11.31
वशिभूतान या चेष्टा बोधिसत्वान तादृशी ।
अष्टमाभूमिं या चेष्टा भवन्ति तादृशी तथा ॥ ३१ ॥
vaśibhūtāna yā ceṣṭā bodhisatvāna tādṛśī |
aṣṭamābhūmiṃ yā ceṣṭā bhavanti tādṛśī tathā || 31 ||
Such is the mode of life of the holy Bodhisattvas when they are in the eighth bhumi. (31)
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 (11.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vashi, Vashin, Bhuta, Ceshta, Bodhin, Satvat, Tadrish, Tadrishi, Ashtama, Abhumi, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Tatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 11.31). 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: “vaśibhūtāna yā ceṣṭā bodhisatvāna tādṛśī ”
- vaśi -
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vaśi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vaśi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vaśi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vaśī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vaśin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vaśin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhūtān -
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bhūta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ceṣṭā* -
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ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bodhi -
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bodhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bodhin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bodhin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- satvān -
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satvat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tādṛśī -
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tādṛśī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]tādṛś (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “aṣṭamābhūmiṃ yā ceṣṭā bhavanti tādṛśī tathā ”
- aṣṭamā -
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aṣṭama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aṣṭama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- abhūmim -
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abhūmi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ceṣṭā* -
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ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhavanti -
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bhavanti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhavantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- tādṛśī -
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tādṛśī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]tādṛś (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 11.31
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit