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 50.4

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शातं माया क्षत्रियाणां ब्राह्मणानां दुवे शता ।
सहस्रं माया राजानां स्त्रीमाया हि अनन्तिका ॥ ४ ॥

śātaṃ māyā kṣatriyāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ duve śatā |
sahasraṃ māyā rājānāṃ strīmāyā hi anantikā || 4 ||

Nobles have a hundred arts, brahmans two hundred, kings a thousand, but a women’s arts are countless. (4)
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 (50.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shata, Maya, Kshatriya, Brahmana, Sahasram, Sahasra, Raja, Strimaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 50.4). 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: “śātaṃ māyā kṣatriyāṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ duve śatā ”
śātam -
śāta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śāta (noun, neuter)

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

śātā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√śā -> śāta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √śā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √śā class 4 verb]

√śā -> śāta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √śā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √śā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √śā class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śā class 4 verb]
māyā -
māyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṣatriyāṇām -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
brāhmaṇānām -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
duve -
dū (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
śatā -
śatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sahasraṃ māyā rājānāṃ strīmāyā hi anantikā ”
sahasram -
sahasram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sahasra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sahasra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
māyā* -
mā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

māya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

māyā (noun, feminine)

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

√mā (verb class 2)

[optative active second single]
rājānām -
rāja (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

rājā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
strīmāyā* -
strīmāyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ananti -
√an (verb class 2)

[present active third plural]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 50.4

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019