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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 30.53
एषो द्विपदानम् उत्तमो सो चक्षुददो विनायको ।
मानं च मदं च विप्रहा एथ वन्दाम समेत्य काश्यपं ॥ ५३ ॥
eṣo dvipadānam uttamo so cakṣudado vināyako |
mānaṃ ca madaṃ ca viprahā etha vandāma sametya kāśyapaṃ || 53 ||
He, the supreme of two-footed creatures, is a giver of insight; he is a guide. Putting off pride and conceit we gather here to adore Kashyapa. (53)
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 (30.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Esha, Dvipadana, Cakshu, Dad, Dada, Vina, Mana, Mada, Vipra, Vanda, Kashyapa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 30.53). 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: “eṣo dvipadānam uttamo so cakṣudado vināyako ”
- eṣo* -
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eṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dvipadānam -
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dvipadāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- uttamo -
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- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- cakṣu -
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cakṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cakṣū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]cakṣū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cakṣū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dado* -
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dad (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]dad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]dada (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vināya -
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vina (noun, masculine)[dative single]vina (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- ko -
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ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “mānaṃ ca madaṃ ca viprahā etha vandāma sametya kāśyapaṃ ”
- mānam -
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māna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]māna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√man -> māna (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]√man -> māna (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- madam -
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mada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]madā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vipra -
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vipra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vipra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hā* -
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- Cannot analyse etha*va
- vandām -
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vandā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- samet -
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√sam (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- ya -
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- kāśyapam -
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kāśyapa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāśyapa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 30.53
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit