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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 12.10
वशिभूतानां कोटी परिवारो तस्य द्वादश आसि ।
नव च वर्षसहराणि मनुजान तदा अभूष्य् आयुः ॥ १० ॥
vaśibhūtānāṃ koṭī parivāro tasya dvādaśa āsi |
nava ca varṣasaharāṇi manujāna tadā abhūṣy āyuḥ || 10 ||
He had a retinue of twelve kotis of saints, and the span of men’s lives was then nine thousand years. (10)
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 (12.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vashi, Vashin, Bhuta, Koti, Tad, Dvadasha, Nava, Navan, Varsha, Sahara, Ani, Manuja, Ayu, Ayus,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 12.10). 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: “vaśibhūtānāṃ koṭī parivāro tasya dvādaśa āsi ”
- 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]
- bhūtānām -
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bhūta (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]bhūta (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]bhūtā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- koṭī -
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koṭī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]koṭi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- parivāro -
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- tasya -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- dvādaśa* -
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dvādaśa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- Line 2: “nava ca varṣasaharāṇi manujāna tadā abhūṣy āyuḥ ”
- nava -
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nava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]navan (noun, masculine)[compound]navan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√nu (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varṣa -
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varṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]varṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vṛṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- saharā -
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sahara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- aṇi -
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aṇi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]aṇī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- manujān -
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manuja (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tadā* -
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- Cannot analyse abhūṣy*āy
- āyuḥ -
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āyus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]āyus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]āyu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 12.10
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit