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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 37.76
हिरीह श्रेष्ठा मनुजेषु मातलि दहरे कांक्ष्यति महल्लिके च ।
प्रियं च भ्रातृव्यं करोति चण्डं हिरिर् निवारेति स्वचित्तमात्मनो ॥ ७६ ॥
hirīha śreṣṭhā manujeṣu mātali dahare kāṃkṣyati mahallike ca |
priyaṃ ca bhrātṛvyaṃ karoti caṇḍaṃ hirir nivāreti svacittamātmano || 76 ||
“Honour is best among men, O Matali. She is desirable to the young and to the old. She turns the foeman’s rage to love. She checks the inmost thought of the heart.” (76)
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 (37.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Hiri, Iha, Shreshtha, Manuja, Matali, Dahara, Kankshi, Kankshin, Kankshya, Ati, Mahallika, Priyam, Pri, Priya, Bhratrivya, Karoti, Candam, Canda, Nivara, Iti, Svacitta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 37.76). 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: “hirīha śreṣṭhā manujeṣu mātali dahare kāṃkṣyati mahallike ca ”
- hirī -
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hiri (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]hiri (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]hiri (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]hirī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]hirī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]hirī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- śreṣṭhā* -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śreṣṭhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- manujeṣu -
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manuja (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- mātali -
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mātali (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]mātalī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- dahare -
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dahara (noun, masculine)[locative single]dahara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]daharā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kāṅkṣya -
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kāṅkṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]kāṅkṣin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]kāṅkṣin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kāṅkṣ]kāṅkṣī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]kāṅkṣī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]
- ati -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- mahallike -
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mahallika (noun, masculine)[locative single]mahallikā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “priyaṃ ca bhrātṛvyaṃ karoti caṇḍaṃ hirir nivāreti svacittamātmano ”
- priyam -
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priyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]priya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]priya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]priyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]prī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]prī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhrātṛvyam -
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bhrātṛvya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhrātṛvya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- karoti -
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karoti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]karoti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]karoti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third single]
- caṇḍam -
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caṇḍam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]caṇḍa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]caṇḍa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]caṇḍā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hirir -
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hiri (noun, masculine)[nominative single]hiri (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- nivāre -
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nivāra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]nivārā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- svacittam -
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svacitta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svacitta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ātma -
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ātman (noun, masculine)[compound]
- no -
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nu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 37.76
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit