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.

yan tatra tatra māro na prasahe māruto va himavantaṃ |
taṃ mṛtyurājapraṇudaṃ pūjayati sadevako loko || 1 ||
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nācintayanto puruṣo viśeṣam adhigacchati |
paśya cintāviśeṣeṇa mukto smi ca svabandhanāt || 2 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Chapter 56

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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