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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 12.13
सो तं दानं दत्त्वा तस्मिं नरेश्वरके अनुप्रणिधिं ।
प्रणिधेसि एवं भवेयम् अधिगच्छेयं जिनबलानि ॥ १३ ॥
so taṃ dānaṃ dattvā tasmiṃ nareśvarake anupraṇidhiṃ |
praṇidhesi evaṃ bhaveyam adhigaccheyaṃ jinabalāni || 13 ||
And when he had offered this gift to the lord of men, he made his vow saying, “May I become like unto thee. May I win the Conqueror’s powers.” (13)
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 (12.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dana, Dattva, Nareshvara, Kah, Kim, Anuprani, Dhi, Pranidhi, Evam, Eva, Adhi, Jina, Bala,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 12.13). 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: “so taṃ dānaṃ dattvā tasmiṃ nareśvarake anupraṇidhiṃ ”
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dānam -
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dāna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dattvā -
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dattvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√dā -> dattvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dā]√dā -> dattvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dā]√dad -> dattvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dad]
- Cannot analyse tasmim*na
- nareśvara -
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nareśvara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ke -
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ka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]ka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- anupraṇi -
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anupraṇī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]anupraṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]anupraṇī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dhim -
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dhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “praṇidhesi evaṃ bhaveyam adhigaccheyaṃ jinabalāni ”
- praṇidhe -
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praṇidhi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- si -
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si (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhaveyam -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active first single]
- adhi -
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adhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]adhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]adhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]adhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]adhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]adhi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- gaccheyam -
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√gam (verb class 1)[optative active first single]
- jina -
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jina (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jina (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- balāni -
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bala (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√bal (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 12.13
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit