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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 64.6
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि अप्रमेयम् अचिन्तिया ।
चरितो भोति अर्थाय सर्वज्ञो द्विपदोत्तमो ॥ ६ ॥
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi aprameyam acintiyā |
carito bhoti arthāya sarvajño dvipadottamo || 6 ||
For thousands of kotis of kalpas, for an infinite, unthinkable time, the Omniscient One, the supreme of bipeds, fared in quest of the good. (6)
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 (64.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kalpa, Koti, Sahasra, Aprameya, Acit, Carita, Bha, Bhu, Artha, Sarvajna, Dvipad, Dvipada, Utta,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.6). 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: “kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi aprameyam acintiyā ”
- kalpa -
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kalpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kalpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- koṭi -
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koṭi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]koṭī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- sahasrāṇi -
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sahasra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- aprameyam -
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aprameya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aprameya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aprameyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- acinti -
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acit (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “carito bhoti arthāya sarvajño dvipadottamo ”
- carito* -
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carita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bho -
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bha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]bhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]bhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]bhu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- ūti -
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ūti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ūti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- arthāya -
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artha (noun, masculine)[dative single]artha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- sarvajño* -
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sarvajña (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dvipado -
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dvipada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dvipada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dvipad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]dvipad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]dvipadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- utta -
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utta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]utta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ud -> utta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ud class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ud class 7 verb]√ud -> utta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ud class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ud class 7 verb]√und -> utta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √und class 6 verb], [vocative single from √und class 7 verb]√und -> utta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √und class 6 verb], [vocative single from √und class 7 verb]
- mo -
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mu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.6
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit