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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 34.190
मृदुजाला च प्रतिपूर्णा एका ऊर्ध्वाग्रपंचंआः ।
श्लक्स्णच्छवि हंसान्तरा च उत्सदा च ते दश ॥ १९० ॥
mṛdujālā ca pratipūrṇā ekā ūrdhvāgrapaṃcaṃāḥ |
ślaksṇacchavi haṃsāntarā ca utsadā ca te daśa || 190 ||
His hands and feet are soft and tender. His hands and feet are webbed. His body is perfectly formed. The down on his body grows in single hairs, one to each pore. The down on his body grows straight upwards. He has a smooth skin. He has a [ ] skin. He has the gait of a swan. There is no hollow between his shoulder-blades. His body has the seven convex surfaces. (190)
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 (34.190). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mridu, Jala, Pratipurna, Eka, Urdhvagra, Hamsa, Tara, Utsada, Tad, Yushmad, Dasha, Dashan,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 34.190). 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: “mṛdujālā ca pratipūrṇā ekā ūrdhvāgrapaṃcaṃāḥ ”
- mṛdu -
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mṛdu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mṛdu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]mṛdū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- jālā -
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jālā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pratipūrṇā* -
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pratipūrṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pratipūrṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ekā* -
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ekā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- ūrdhvāgra -
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ūrdhvāgra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ūrdhvāgra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pañcaṃ -
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- āḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]o (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Line 2: “ślaksṇacchavi haṃsāntarā ca utsadā ca te daśa ”
- Cannot analyse ślaksṇacchavi*ha
- haṃsān -
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haṃsa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]haṃsā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- tarā -
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tarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- utsadā -
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utsadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- 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]
- daśa -
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daśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]daśan (noun, masculine)[compound]daśan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√daṃś (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 34.190
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit