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 12.55

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राजा तदा अभूषी नामेन सो मृगपतिस्वरो नाम ।
चातुर्द्वीपाधिपतिर् विपुलबलवरो अजितचक्रो ॥ ५५ ॥

rājā tadā abhūṣī nāmena so mṛgapatisvaro nāma |
cāturdvīpādhipatir vipulabalavaro ajitacakro || 55 ||

Now there was at that time a king named Mrigapatisvara, a lord of the four continents, unsurpassed in his abounding might, whose wheel was invincible. (55)
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 (12.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raja, Rajan, Raj, Tada, Abhu, Naman, Nami, Ina, Sah, Svara, Caturdvipa, Adhipati, Vipula, Bala, Ajita, Cakru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 12.55). 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: “rājā tadā abhūṣī nāmena so mṛgapatisvaro nāma ”
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
abhū -
abhū (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
uṣī -
nāme -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

nāmi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
ina -
ina (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ina (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
so* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mṛgapati -
mṛgapati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
svaro* -
svara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “cāturdvīpādhipatir vipulabalavaro ajitacakro ”
cāturdvīpā -
cāturdvīpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāturdvīpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
adhipatir -
adhipati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vipula -
vipula (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vipula (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bala -
bala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bal (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
varo -
ajita -
ajita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ajita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cakro -
cakru (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

cakru (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 12.55

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019