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 46.19

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प्रत्यग्रहेसि मालां आलम्बेसि मुद्रिकां प्रमोदन्तो ।
अपि मरणं अभ्युपेमि मनोहराये व समागमं ॥ १९ ॥

pratyagrahesi mālāṃ ālambesi mudrikāṃ pramodanto |
api maraṇaṃ abhyupemi manoharāye va samāgamaṃ || 19 ||

Joyfully he seized the garland and took hold of the ring, and said, “I’ll go to my death or to reunion with Manohara.” (19)
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 (46.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pratyagraha, Mala, Alamba, Alambi, Mudrika, Api, Marana, Samagama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 46.19). 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: “pratyagrahesi mālāṃ ālambesi mudrikāṃ pramodanto ”
pratyagrahe -
pratyagraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
si -
si (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
mālām -
mālā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ālambe -
ālamba (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ālamba (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

ālambā (noun, feminine)

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

ālambi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
si -
si (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
mudrikām -
mudrikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Cannot analyse pramodanto
Line 2: “api maraṇaṃ abhyupemi manoharāye va samāgamaṃ ”
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
maraṇam -
maraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse abhyupemi*ma
manoharāye -
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
samāgamam -
samāgama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 46.19

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019