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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 45.7
मणी मम देवते अत्र नष्टो सो हं गवेषामि महासमुद्रे ।
आपं क्षपित्वान मणिं लभेयं तस्यार्थम् उत्सिंचि महासमुद्रं ॥ ७ ॥
maṇī mama devate atra naṣṭo so haṃ gaveṣāmi mahāsamudre |
āpaṃ kṣapitvāna maṇiṃ labheyaṃ tasyārtham utsiṃci mahāsamudraṃ || 7 ||
“O deva,” said he, “I have lost my treasure here, and I am searching for it in the sea. I am trying to recover it by drawing off the water. For that purpose I would drain all the great ocean.” (7)
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 (45.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mani, Asmad, Devata, Atra, Sah, Ham, Gavesha, Amin, Mahasamudra, Apa, Kshap, Tva, Tad, Artha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 45.7). 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: “maṇī mama devate atra naṣṭo so haṃ gaveṣāmi mahāsamudre ”
- maṇī -
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maṇī (noun, masculine)[compound]maṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]maṇi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mama -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- devate -
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devatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]devata (noun, masculine)[locative single]devata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√div (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- naṣṭo -
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- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- 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]
- gaveṣā -
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gaveṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]gaveṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]gaveṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mahāsamudre -
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mahāsamudra (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- Line 2: “āpaṃ kṣapitvāna maṇiṃ labheyaṃ tasyārtham utsiṃci mahāsamudraṃ ”
- āpam -
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āpa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]āpa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]āpā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√āp (verb class 5)[aorist active first single]
- kṣapi -
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kṣap (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- tvān -
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tva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- maṇim -
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maṇi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- labheyam -
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√labh (verb class 1)[optative active first single]
- tasyā -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse utsiñci*ma
- mahāsamudram -
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mahāsamudra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 45.7
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit