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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 26.41
तं चात्र अतीता बुद्धा तं च वीरो प्रतापवां ।
सर्वे समशीलप्रज्ञा नास्ति बुद्धान अन्तरं ॥ ४१ ॥
taṃ cātra atītā buddhā taṃ ca vīro pratāpavāṃ |
sarve samaśīlaprajñā nāsti buddhāna antaraṃ || 41 ||
“All the Buddhas of the past acknowledge him to be the valiant and the glorious one; all those who like him were virtuous and wise acknowledge him to be the supreme of Buddhas. (41)
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 (26.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atita, Buddha, Pratapa, Yushmad, Sarva, Samashila, Prajna, Nasti, Antaram, Antara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 26.41). 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: “taṃ cātra atītā buddhā taṃ ca vīro pratāpavāṃ ”
- 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]
- cāt -
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ca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]ca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ra -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- atītā* -
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atīta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]atītā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- buddhā -
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buddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative 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]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vīro -
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- pratāpa -
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pratāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- vām -
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vā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
- Line 2: “sarve samaśīlaprajñā nāsti buddhāna antaraṃ ”
- 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]
- samaśīla -
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samaśīla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]samaśīla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prajñā* -
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prajña (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prajñā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- buddhān -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- antaram -
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antaram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]antara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]antara (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 26.41
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit