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 53.77

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यं भणथ ब्रह्मचारी ऋषिपुत्रः धर्मचारि समचारि ।
सो संप्रति कालगतो सो वो अभिवादनं आह ॥ ७७ ॥

yaṃ bhaṇatha brahmacārī ṛṣiputraḥ dharmacāri samacāri |
so saṃprati kālagato so vo abhivādanaṃ āha || 77 ||

“The holy, righteous and just young seer of whom you speak has just now died. He sent you his greetings, saying, (77)
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 (53.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Rishiputra, Dharmacarin, Sama, Cari, Carin, Samprati, Sah, Abhivadana, Ahan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 53.77). 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: “yaṃ bhaṇatha brahmacārī ṛṣiputraḥ dharmacāri samacāri ”
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhaṇatha -
√bhaṇ (verb class 1)

[present active second plural]
brahmacārī -
brahmacārī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

brahmacārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brahmacārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ṛṣiputraḥ -
ṛṣiputra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dharmacāri -
dharmacārin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

dharmacārin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sama -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
cāri -
cārī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

cārin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cārin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “so saṃprati kālagato so vo abhivādanaṃ āha ”
so -
so (noun, feminine)

[compound]
samprati -
samprati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

samprati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

samprati (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sampratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sampratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

sampratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kālagato -
so* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vo -
abhivādanam -
abhivādana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āha -
āhan (noun, neuter)

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

√ah (verb class 5)

[perfect active third single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 53.77

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019