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 55.1

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रमणीयान्य् अरण्यानि वनगुल्मां च पश्यिय ।
उरुविल्वाय सामन्ते प्रहाणं प्रहितं मया ॥ १ ॥

ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni vanagulmāṃ ca paśyiya |
uruvilvāya sāmante prahāṇaṃ prahitaṃ mayā || 1 ||

Seeing these pleasant woods and forest thickets near Uruvilva, I strove the striving. (1)
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 (55.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aranya, Aranyani, Vanagulma, Uruvilva, Aya, Samanta, Prahana, Prahita, Maya, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 55.1). 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: “ramaṇīyāny araṇyāni vanagulmāṃ ca paśyiya ”
Cannot analyse ramaṇīyāny*ar
araṇyāni -
araṇyāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

araṇyānī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

araṇya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vanagulmā -
vanagulma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse paśyiya
Line 2: “uruvilvāya sāmante prahāṇaṃ prahitaṃ mayā ”
uruvilvā -
uruvilvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aya -
aya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

e (noun, masculine)

[compound]
sāmante -
sāmanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sāmanta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sāmantā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
prahāṇam -
prahāṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prahitam -
prahita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prahita (noun, neuter)

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

prahitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
mayā -
mā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

mayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

asmad (pronoun, none)

[instrumental single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 55.1

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019