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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 48.6
मातुःस्वसा अवच कांचनराशिवर्ण पश्यामि पुत्र सुपिने ऋषभं सुजातं ।
श्वेतं सुचारुककुभं अतिरिक्तशृंगं शृण्गारसंस्थितगतिं प्रतिपूर्णदेहं ॥ ६ ॥
mātuḥsvasā avaca kāṃcanarāśivarṇa paśyāmi putra supine ṛṣabhaṃ sujātaṃ |
śvetaṃ sucārukakubhaṃ atiriktaśṛṃgaṃ śṛṇgārasaṃsthitagatiṃ pratipūrṇadehaṃ || 6 ||
His aunt said, “My boy, who art beautiful as a mass of gold, in my dream I saw a noble buu, white, with an exceeding lovely hump, with an extra horn, whose very motion spoke of love, and it was sleek of body. (6)
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 (48.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Matuhsvasri, Ava, Kancana, Rashi, Varna, Varnan, Pashya, Amin, Putra, Rishabha, Sujata, Shveta, Sucaru, Kakubh, Kakubha, Atirikta, Shringa, Pratipurna, Deha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 48.6). 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: “mātuḥsvasā avaca kāṃcanarāśivarṇa paśyāmi putra supine ṛṣabhaṃ sujātaṃ ”
- mātuḥsvasā -
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mātuḥsvasṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ava -
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ava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[compound]√av (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√u (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kāñcana -
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kāñcana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kāñcana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rāśi -
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rāśi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]rāśī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]rāśī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]rāśī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- varṇa -
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varṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]varṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]varṇan (noun, masculine)[compound]varṇan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- paśyā -
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paśya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]paśya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]paśyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]√paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- putra -
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putra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]putra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse supine*ṛṣ
- ṛṣabham -
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ṛṣabha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ṛṣabhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sujātam -
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sujāta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sujāta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sujātā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “śvetaṃ sucārukakubhaṃ atiriktaśṛṃgaṃ śṛṇgārasaṃsthitagatiṃ pratipūrṇadehaṃ ”
- śvetam -
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śveta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śveta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śvetā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sucāru -
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sucāru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sucāru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sucāru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- kakubham -
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kakubha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kakubha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kakubhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kakubh (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- atirikta -
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atirikta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atirikta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śṛṅgam -
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śṛṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śṛṅga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse śṛṇgārasaṃsthitagatim*pr
- pratipūrṇa -
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pratipūrṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratipūrṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- deham -
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deha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]deha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 48.6
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit