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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 52.36
तेन मे ब्रह्मचर्येण संयमेन दमेन च ।
अयं मे तादृशी ऋद्धी अप्रतिक्रान्ता अमानुषी ॥ ३६ ॥
tena me brahmacaryeṇa saṃyamena damena ca |
ayaṃ me tādṛśī ṛddhī apratikrāntā amānuṣī || 36 ||
As a reward for my holy life, my self-restraint, and self-control, I’ve got such magic power as this, unfailing and more than human. (36)
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 (52.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Tena, Asmad, Brahmacarya, Samyama, Dama, Aya, Idam, Tadrish, Tadrishi, Riddhi, Aprati, Kranta, Amanushi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 52.36). 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: “tena me brahmacaryeṇa saṃyamena damena ca ”
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- brahmacaryeṇa -
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brahmacarya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- saṃyamena -
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saṃyama (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- damena -
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dama (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]dama (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “ayaṃ me tādṛśī ṛddhī apratikrāntā amānuṣī ”
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- tādṛśī -
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tādṛśī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]tādṛś (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ṛddhī -
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ṛddhī (noun, masculine)[compound]ṛddhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]ṛddhi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- aprati -
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aprati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]aprati (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]aprati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- krāntā* -
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krānta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]krāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kram -> krānta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kram class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kram class 4 verb]√kram -> krāntā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kram class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kram class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √kram class 4 verb]
- amānuṣī -
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amānuṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 52.36
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit