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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 52.106
क्वचिद् विवरतृणजांगला क्वचित् + + + + + + शरपल्लवरक्ता ।
क्वचित् रुरुचमरमहिषा क्वचित् क्वचिद् व्याघ्रसिंहमणाः ॥ १०६ ॥
kvacid vivaratṛṇajāṃgalā kvacit + + + + + + śarapallavaraktā |
kvacit rurucamaramahiṣā kvacit kvacid vyāghrasiṃhamaṇāḥ || 106 ||
Here are jungles overgrown with grass and pitted with holes [ ]; there are the red stalks of reeds; here are wild deer, yak oxen, and buffaloes, and here and there troops of tigers and lions. (106)
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 (52.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kva, Acit, Vivara, Trina, Jangala, Shara, Sharan, Pallava, Raktri, Rakta, Camara, Ahi, Sha, Vyaghrasimha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 52.106). 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: “kvacid vivaratṛṇajāṃgalā kvacit + + + + + + śarapallavaraktā ”
- kva -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- acid -
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acit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vivara -
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vivara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tṛṇa -
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tṛṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tṛṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jāṅgalā -
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jāṅgalā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kva -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- acit -
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acit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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- śara -
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śara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]śaran (noun, masculine)[compound]śaran (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pallava -
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pallava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pallava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- raktā -
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raktṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]raktā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√rag -> raktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √rag class 1 verb]√raj -> raktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √raj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √raj class 4 verb]√rañj -> raktā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
- Line 2: “kvacit rurucamaramahiṣā kvacit kvacid vyāghrasiṃhamaṇāḥ ”
- kva -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- acit -
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acit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ruru -
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ruru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- camaram -
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camara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]camara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ahi -
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ahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ahī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- ṣā -
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ṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kva -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- acit -
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acit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kva -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- acid -
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acit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vyāghrasiṃham -
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vyāghrasiṃha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vyāghrasiṃha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- aṇā -
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√aṇ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 52.106
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit