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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 34.13
ते विपुलरुचिरवर्णं मन्दारवपुष्पवर्षम् आकाशे ।
प्रमुंचिन्सु उदग्रचित्ता स्तवंता मधुराहि वाचाहि ॥ १३ ॥
te vipularuciravarṇaṃ mandāravapuṣpavarṣam ākāśe |
pramuṃcinsu udagracittā stavaṃtā madhurāhi vācāhi || 13 ||
Exultantly they poured down from the sky a shower of the bright flowers of the coral-tree, and praised him in sweet words: (13)
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 (34.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Yushmad, Vipula, Rucira, Varna, Mandarava, Pushpavarsha, Akashe, Akasha, Udagra, Citta, Stavat, Tas, Madhura, Ahi, Vaca, Vac,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 34.13). 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: “te vipularuciravarṇaṃ mandāravapuṣpavarṣam ākāśe ”
- 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]
- vipula -
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vipula (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vipula (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rucira -
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rucira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rucira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varṇam -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]varṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]varṇan (noun, masculine)[adverb]varṇan (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- mandārava -
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mandārava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- puṣpavarṣam -
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puṣpavarṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṣpavarṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ākāśe -
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ākāśe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ākāśa (noun, masculine)[locative single]ākāśa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “pramuṃcinsu udagracittā stavaṃtā madhurāhi vācāhi ”
- Cannot analyse pramuñcinsu*ud
- udagra -
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udagra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]udagra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cittā -
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cittā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- stavan -
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stavat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- tā* -
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ta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- madhurā -
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madhura (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]madhura (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]madhurā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahi -
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ahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ahī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- vācā -
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vācā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vāca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāc (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]vācā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahi -
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ahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ahī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 34.13
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit