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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 24.3
सो च बुद्धो प्रकाशेति चत्वारि सत्या उत्तमां ।
ते तं सत्यरसं पीत्वा विनोदेन्सु महातमं ॥ ३ ॥
so ca buddho prakāśeti catvāri satyā uttamāṃ |
te taṃ satyarasaṃ pītvā vinodensu mahātamaṃ || 3 ||
And this Buddha expounded the four ultimate truths, and men, imbibing this essence of truth, dissipated the great darkness. (3)
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 (24.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prakasha, Iti, Catu, Ari, Arin, Sati, Satya, Uttama, Tad, Yushmad, Sat, Arasa, Pitva, Vinoda, Maha, Ama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 24.3). 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 ca buddho prakāśeti catvāri satyā uttamāṃ ”
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- buddho -
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- prakāśe -
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prakāśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]prakāśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]prakāśā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- catvā -
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catu (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ari -
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ari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]arin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[locative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- satyā* -
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satī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]satya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]satyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]sati (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- uttamām -
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uttamā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “te taṃ satyarasaṃ pītvā vinodensu mahātamaṃ ”
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- 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]
- satya -
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satī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]satya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]satya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sat (noun, masculine)[locative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- arasam -
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arasa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]arasa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]arasā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ras (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- pītvā -
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pītvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pā]√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pā]√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pā]√pai -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pai]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pi]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pī]
- vinode -
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vinoda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
- īn -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- su -
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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]
- mahāt -
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maha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]maha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- amam -
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ama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]amā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 24.3
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit