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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 37.59
कावर्णधातु इह स्त्री न विद्यति जानामि धर्मेण सुगात्रि लक्षसे ।
ते तां अयाचन्तिये प्रसवाम्य् अहं सुधामहं जीवितं तं ददामि ते ॥ ५९ ॥
kāvarṇadhātu iha strī na vidyati jānāmi dharmeṇa sugātri lakṣase |
te tāṃ ayācantiye prasavāmy ahaṃ sudhāmahaṃ jīvitaṃ taṃ dadāmi te || 59 ||
“No low-born woman is here, I know it. O fair-limbed one, thou shalt receive what is thy due. E’en though thou askest not for it, this ambrosia will I produce for thee, this life-giving draught I give thee. (59)
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 (37.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kava, Rina, Dhatu, Iha, Stri, Vid, Vidya, Ati, Dharmena, Dharma, Sugatri, Tad, Yushmad, Ayacat, Yah, Yat, Aha, Asmad, Ham, Jivita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 37.59). 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: “kāvarṇadhātu iha strī na vidyati jānāmi dharmeṇa sugātri lakṣase ”
- kāvar -
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kāva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṛṇa -
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ṛṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ṛṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhātu -
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dhātu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]dhātu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhātu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√dhā (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- strī -
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strī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidya -
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vidya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vid -> vidya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vid]√vid -> vidya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vid]√vid -> vidya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vid]vid (noun, masculine)[locative single]vid (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- ati -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ati (Preverb)[Preverb]
- jānāmi -
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√jñā (verb class 9)[present active first single]
- dharmeṇa -
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dharmeṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dharma (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- sugātri -
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sugātrī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- lakṣase -
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√lakṣ (verb class 1)[present middle second single]
- Line 2: “te tāṃ ayācantiye prasavāmy ahaṃ sudhāmahaṃ jīvitaṃ taṃ dadāmi te ”
- 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]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ayācanti -
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ayācat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse prasavāmy*ah
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- sudhāma -
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sudhāman (noun, masculine)[compound]
- ham -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- jīvitam -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- 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]
- dadāmi -
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√dā (verb class 1)[present active first single]√dā (verb class 3)[present active first single]√dad (verb class 1)[present active first 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]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 37.59
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit