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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 26.21
सर्वे सुवर्णवर्णा सर्वे द्वात्रिंशलक्षणसमंगी ।
सर्वे कनकगिरिनिभाः सर्वे वरवारणगतीकाः ॥ २१ ॥
sarve suvarṇavarṇā sarve dvātriṃśalakṣaṇasamaṃgī |
sarve kanakagirinibhāḥ sarve varavāraṇagatīkāḥ || 21 ||
All are of golden colour, all endowed with the thirty-two marks of excellence, all are like a mass of gold, all move like stately elephants. (21)
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 (26.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sarva, Suvarnavarna, Dvatrimsha, Lakshana, Samangin, Nibha, Varavarana, Gatika,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 26.21). 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: “sarve suvarṇavarṇā sarve dvātriṃśalakṣaṇasamaṃgī ”
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- suvarṇavarṇā -
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suvarṇavarṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dvātriṃśa -
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dvātriṃśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvātriṃśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lakṣaṇa -
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lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samaṅgī -
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samaṅgin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “sarve kanakagirinibhāḥ sarve varavāraṇagatīkāḥ ”
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kanakagiri -
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kanakagiri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- nibhāḥ -
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nibha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]nibhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- varavāraṇa -
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varavāraṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- gatīkāḥ -
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gatīka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 26.21
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit