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 19.72

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अथ तोमरहस्ता च नाराचशतपाणियो ।
कुन्तमुद्गरहस्ताश् च श्रेष्ठिस्य पुरतः स्थिताः ॥ ७२ ॥

atha tomarahastā ca nārācaśatapāṇiyo |
kuntamudgarahastāś ca śreṣṭhisya purataḥ sthitāḥ || 72 ||

And clubs and hundreds of arrows, and lances and mallets, as they stood before the merchant. (72)
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 (19.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Tomara, Hasta, Naraca, Shata, Panin, Pani, Kunta, Mudgara, Shreshthin, Sya, Puratah, Purat, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 19.72). 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: “atha tomarahastā ca nārācaśatapāṇiyo ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tomara -
tomara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tomara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hastā -
hastā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

nārāca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śata -
śata (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

pāṇin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pāṇin (noun, neuter)

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

pāṇī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pāṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pāṇī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yo -
yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “kuntamudgarahastāś ca śreṣṭhisya purataḥ sthitāḥ ”
kunta -
kunta (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

mudgara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hastāś -
hasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hastā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śreṣṭhi -
śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

śreṣṭhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sya -
sya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
purataḥ -
purataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√pur -> purat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √pur class 6 verb], [ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]

√pur -> purat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]

√pur (verb class 6)

[present active third dual]
sthitāḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sthitā (noun, feminine)

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

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 19.72

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019