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 52.107

क्वचि रक्तपल्लवलता तरुणतरुप्रलम्बिता नाना ।
उद्यानगमनश्रान्ता प्रमदायो विय निद्रायन्त्यो ॥ १०७ ॥

kvaci raktapallavalatā taruṇatarupralambitā nānā |
udyānagamanaśrāntā pramadāyo viya nidrāyantyo || 107 ||

Here are divers creeping plants with scarlet shoots clinging to young trees, like women asleep, tired after a walk in their pleasaunce. (107)

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 (52.107). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raktapallava, Lata, Taruna, Taru, Pralambita, Nana, Udyana, Gamana, Shranta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 52.107). 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: “kvaci raktapallavalatā taruṇatarupralambitā nānā
  • Cannot analyse kvaci*ra
  • raktapallava -
  • raktapallava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • latā -
  • latā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • taruṇa -
  • taruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taruṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taru -
  • taru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    taru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    taru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pralambitā* -
  • pralambita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pralambitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nānā -
  • nānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “udyānagamanaśrāntā pramadāyo viya nidrāyantyo
  • udyāna -
  • udyāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gamana -
  • gamana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gamana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śrāntā -
  • śrāntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śram -> śrāntā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śram class 4 verb]
  • pramadāyo -
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • Cannot analyse nidrāyantyo

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 52.107

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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