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 44.3

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सुतैला + + + शीर्षं अभ्यंजनं च लासकं ।
वस्त्र-अवस्त्रता शुद्धा य्वागू क्षुद्रा च नोदको ॥ ३ ॥

sutailā + + + śīrṣaṃ abhyaṃjanaṃ ca lāsakaṃ |
vastra-avastratā śuddhā yvāgū kṣudrā ca nodako || 3 ||

My head is well oiled and the ointment glistens, my clothes are spruce, and the rice-gruel is little, because there has been no rain. (3)
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 (44.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sutaila, Abhyanjana, Lasaka, Vastri, Vastra, Avastrata, Shuddha, Agu, Kshudra, Noda,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 44.3). 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: “sutailā + + + śīrṣaṃ abhyaṃjanaṃ ca lāsakaṃ ”
sutailā -
sutailā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse ***ś
Cannot analyse *śīrṣam*ab
abhyañjanam -
abhyañjana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
lāsakam -
lāsaka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

lāsaka (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

lāsakā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “vastra-avastratā śuddhā yvāgū kṣudrā ca nodako ”
vastra -
vastṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vastṛ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vastra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
avastratā -
avastratā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śuddhā* -
śuddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śuddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śudh class 4 verb]
yvā -
yu (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
agū -
agu (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

agu (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kṣudrā -
kṣudrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
noda -
noda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ko -
ku (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 44.3

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019