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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 53.109
या सा अभूषि माता तं कालं सा अभूत् तदा माया ।
शुद्धोदनो स राजा पिता भगवतो तदा आसि ॥ १०९ ॥
yā sā abhūṣi mātā taṃ kālaṃ sā abhūt tadā māyā |
śuddhodano sa rājā pitā bhagavato tadā āsi || 109 ||
She who was the mother at that time is now Maya. The father of the Exalted One at that time is now King Shuddhodana. (109)
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 (53.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Abhu, Ush, Matri, Mata, Kalam, Kala, Tada, Maya, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Pitri,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 53.109). 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: “yā sā abhūṣi mātā taṃ kālaṃ sā abhūt tadā māyā ”
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- abhū -
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abhū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- uṣi -
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uṣ (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- mātā -
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mātṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]mātā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mātṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√mā (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 4)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- kālam -
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kālam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- abhūt -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third single]
- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- māyā -
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māyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “śuddhodano sa rājā pitā bhagavato tadā āsi ”
- śuddhodano -
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- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- rājā -
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rājā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]rājan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]rāj (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rāj (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- pitā -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]
- bhagavato -
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- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 53.109
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit