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 23.55

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सुनेन्सु प्राणनयुतानि तिर्यग्योनिगता वणिजशतान ।
घोषेण दशबलस्य व्युत्थितो तदाहम् अपायेषु ॥ ५५ ॥

sunensu prāṇanayutāni tiryagyonigatā vaṇijaśatāna |
ghoṣeṇa daśabalasya vyutthito tadāham apāyeṣu || 55 ||

“Nayutas of beings reborn as beasts heard these five-hundred merchants, and through the sound of the Dashabala’s name I raised myself out of my state of woe. (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 (23.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Suna, Pranana, Yuta, Tiryagyoni, Gata, Vanija, Shata, Ana, Ghosha, Dashabala, Tada, Aha, Asmad, Apaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 23.55). 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: “sunensu prāṇanayutāni tiryagyonigatā vaṇijaśatāna ”
sune -
suna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

suna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sū (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
īn -
i (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
su -
sū (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sū (noun, neuter)

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

sū (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

so (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prāṇana -
prāṇana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prāṇana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yutāni -
yuta (noun, neuter)

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

√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 6 verb], [nominative plural from √yu class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 9 verb]

√yu -> yuta (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √yu class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √yu class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √yu class 3 verb]
tiryagyoni -
tiryagyoni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

tiryagyoni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

tiryagyoni (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
gatā* -
gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vaṇija -
vaṇija (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

śatā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “ghoṣeṇa daśabalasya vyutthito tadāham apāyeṣu ”
ghoṣeṇa -
ghoṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
daśabalasya -
daśabala (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
vyutthito -
tadā -
tadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tadā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
apāyeṣu -
apāya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 23.55

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019