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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 35.71
यस्मिं तदहो जाते मण्डलिनो राजानो प्रणत मह्यं ।
तं तुवं ब्राह्मण दृष्ट्वा किं रोदिषि श्रोतुमिच्च्ःआमि ॥ ७१ ॥
yasmiṃ tadaho jāte maṇḍalino rājāno praṇata mahyaṃ |
taṃ tuvaṃ brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi śrotumiccḥāmi || 71 ||
“I want to hear, brahman, why you weep on seeing him, on the day of whose birth five hundred neighbouring kings came to bow down before me. (71)
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 (35.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tada, Jata, Jati, Mandalin, Pranata, Mahya, Asmad, Brahmana, Kim,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 35.71). 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: “yasmiṃ tadaho jāte maṇḍalino rājāno praṇata mahyaṃ ”
- Cannot analyse yasmim*ta
- tada -
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tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ho* -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jāte -
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jāta (noun, masculine)[locative single]jāta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jātā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]jāti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jan class 1 verb], [locative single from √jan class 2 verb], [locative single from √jan class 3 verb], [locative single from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jāta (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [locative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [locative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [locative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [locative single from √jan class 4 verb]√jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative single from √jan class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √jan class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √jan class 4 verb]
- maṇḍalino* -
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maṇḍalin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]maṇḍalin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- rājāno -
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- praṇata -
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praṇata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]praṇata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mahyam -
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mahya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mahya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mahyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √mah]√mah -> mahyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah]√mah -> mahya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mah class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative single from √mah], [accusative single from √mah]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single]
- Line 2: “taṃ tuvaṃ brāhmaṇa dṛṣṭvā kiṃ rodiṣi śrotumiccḥāmi ”
- 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]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- vam -
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va (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]va (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vā (noun, feminine)[adverb]ve (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- brāhmaṇa -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dṛṣṭvā -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- rodiṣi -
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√rud (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- Cannot analyse śrotumiccḥāmi
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 35.71
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit