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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 37.31
यो सर्वलोके चरति महामुनिः नामेन सो नारदो सत्यविक्रमो ।
सो अब्रवीत् पर्वते गन्धमादने गत्वान भूताधिपतिं हि पृच्छथ ॥ ३१ ॥
yo sarvaloke carati mahāmuniḥ nāmena so nārado satyavikramo |
so abravīt parvate gandhamādane gatvāna bhūtādhipatiṃ hi pṛcchatha || 31 ||
“The great seer named Narada, who ranges over the whole world and who is valiant in truth, said to us, on Mount Gandhamadana ‘Go and ask the lord of creatures’.” (31)
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 (37.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sarvaloka, Mahamuni, Naman, Nami, Ina, Sah, Sat, Sati, Satya, Avi, Kramu, Parvata, Parvati, Parvat, Gandhamadana, Ana, Bhutadhipati,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 37.31). 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: “yo sarvaloke carati mahāmuniḥ nāmena so nārado satyavikramo ”
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- sarvaloke -
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sarvaloka (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- carati -
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√car (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- mahāmuniḥ -
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mahāmuni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nāme -
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nāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nāmi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ina -
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ina (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ina (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nārado -
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- satya -
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satī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]satya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]satya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sat (noun, masculine)[locative single]sat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- avi -
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avi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]avi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]avi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]avī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- kramo -
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kramu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “so abravīt parvate gandhamādane gatvāna bhūtādhipatiṃ hi pṛcchatha ”
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- abravīt -
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√brū (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- parvate -
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parvata (noun, masculine)[locative single]parvata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]parvatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]parvati (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√parv -> parvat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √parv class 1 verb]√parv -> parvat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √parv class 1 verb]√parv (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- gandhamādane -
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gandhamādana (noun, masculine)[locative single]gandhamādana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- gatvā -
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√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √gam]√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √gam]√gam -> gatvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √gam]
- ana -
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ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhūtādhipatim -
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bhūtādhipati (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- pṛcchatha -
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√praś (verb class 6)[present active second plural]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 37.31
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit