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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 54.2
कालाशीतको सर्वो व एवं अंगानि से अभूत् ।
विष्कम्भे यथोष्ट्रपदं हनुका से तदा अभू ॥ २ ॥
kālāśītako sarvo va evaṃ aṃgāni se abhūt |
viṣkambhe yathoṣṭrapadaṃ hanukā se tadā abhū || 2 ||
Wholly like a shrivelled creeper did his body become, and his jaw like a buffalo’s hoof in diameter. (2)
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 (54.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kala, Sarva, Yushmad, Evam, Eva, Anga, Vishkambha, Yatha, Ushtra, Apada, Hanuka, Tada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 54.2). 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: “kālāśītako sarvo va evaṃ aṃgāni se abhūt ”
- kālā -
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kālā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śītako -
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- sarvo* -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- va* -
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va (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aṅgāni -
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aṅga (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√aṅg (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- se -
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si (noun, feminine)[vocative single]sa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√as (verb class 2)[present middle second single]
- abhūt -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third single]
- Line 2: “viṣkambhe yathoṣṭrapadaṃ hanukā se tadā abhū ”
- viṣkambhe -
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viṣkambha (noun, masculine)[locative single]viṣkambhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- yatho -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- uṣṭra -
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uṣṭṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]uṣṭra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- apadam -
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apada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]apada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]apadā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√pad (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- hanukā -
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hanukā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- se -
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si (noun, feminine)[vocative single]sa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√as (verb class 2)[present middle second single]
- tadā* -
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tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- abhū -
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abhū (noun, masculine)[compound]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 54.2
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit