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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 64.19
एकूनत्रिंशो वयसानुप्राप्तो परिपाचयित्वा जगद्बोधिसत्वो ।
त्यजित्व राज्यं रतनवरां च सप्त काषायवस्त्रो अभु बोधिसत्वो ॥ १९ ॥
ekūnatriṃśo vayasānuprāpto paripācayitvā jagadbodhisatvo |
tyajitva rājyaṃ ratanavarāṃ ca sapta kāṣāyavastro abhu bodhisatvo || 19 ||
When the world’s Bodhisattva was twenty-nine years old and had reached maturity, he renounced his kingdom and the seven fair treasures, and put on the yellow robe. (19)
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 (64.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vayas, Vayasa, Pari, Tyaj, Tva, Rajya, Rata, Navara, Sapta, Saptan, Abhu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.19). 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: “ekūnatriṃśo vayasānuprāpto paripācayitvā jagadbodhisatvo ”
- Cannot analyse ekūnatriṃśo*va
- vayasā -
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vayasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vayas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- anuprāpto -
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- pari -
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pari (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]pari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]pari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]parī (noun, masculine)[adverb]parī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]parī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pācayitvā -
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√pac -> pācayitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √pac]
- Cannot analyse jagadbodhisatvo
- Line 2: “tyajitva rājyaṃ ratanavarāṃ ca sapta kāṣāyavastro abhu bodhisatvo ”
- tyaji -
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tyaj (noun, masculine)[locative single]tyaj (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tva -
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tva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rājyam -
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rājya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rājya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]rājyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √rāj]√rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √rāj]√rāj -> rājyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √rāj]√rāj -> rājya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj]√rāj -> rājya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rāj], [accusative single from √rāj]
- rata -
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rata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ram -> rata (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]√ram -> rata (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ram class 1 verb]
- navarā -
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navara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sapta -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]saptan (noun, masculine)[compound]saptan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
- kāṣāyavastro -
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- abhu -
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abhū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse bodhisatvo
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.19
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit