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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 35.75
एवं उक्ते अवची असितो सितसाह्वयं इदम् अवोचत् ।
अश्रूणि प्रमार्जन्तो + + + + + + व्याकृतो ऋषिभिः ॥ ७५ ॥
evaṃ ukte avacī asito sitasāhvayaṃ idam avocat |
aśrūṇi pramārjanto + + + + + + vyākṛto ṛṣibhiḥ || 75 ||
When this had been said, Asita wiped away his tears and in reply spoke these words of good cheer; [“Not so”], said he, “has it been foretold by the seers. (75)
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: “evaṃ ukte avacī asito sitasāhvayaṃ idam avocat ”
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
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ukta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ukta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]uktā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ukti (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vac class 2 verb], [locative single from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> ukta (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [locative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [locative single from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> uktā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 3 verb]
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sita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sā -> sita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]√sā -> sita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sā class 4 verb]√si -> sita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]√si -> sita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √si class 5 verb], [vocative single from √si class 9 verb]
- sāhvayam -
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sāhvaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāhvaya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sāhvayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
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idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
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√vac (verb class 2)[aorist active third single]√vac (verb class 3)[aorist active third single]
- Line 2: “aśrūṇi pramārjanto + + + + + + vyākṛto ṛṣibhiḥ ”
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aśru (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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- ṛṣibhiḥ -
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ṛṣi (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 35.75
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit