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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 27.2
प्रथमो कौशिको आसि द्वितीयो आसि शारिको ।
तृतीयो च शुको आसि सर्वे पण्डितजातिकाः ॥ २ ॥
prathamo kauśiko āsi dvitīyo āsi śāriko |
tṛtīyo ca śuko āsi sarve paṇḍitajātikāḥ || 2 ||
The first was an owl, the second a sharika, the third a parrot, all three of them naturally clever. (2)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
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Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “prathamo kauśiko āsi dvitīyo āsi śāriko ”
- prathamo -
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- kauśiko -
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- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- dvitīyo -
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- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- śāri -
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śāri (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]śāri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]śārī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- ko -
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ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “tṛtīyo ca śuko āsi sarve paṇḍitajātikāḥ ”
- tṛtīyo -
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- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śuko -
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- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first 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]
- paṇḍita -
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paṇḍita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paṇḍita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
- jātikāḥ -
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jātika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]jātikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 27.2
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit