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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 64.67
प्रभूततनुजिह्वाय सर्वं छादेन्सु स्वं मुखं ।
दुवे च कर्णाग्राणि ते नासां च परिमार्जिषुः ॥ ६७ ॥
prabhūtatanujihvāya sarvaṃ chādensu svaṃ mukhaṃ |
duve ca karṇāgrāṇi te nāsāṃ ca parimārjiṣuḥ || 67 ||
“They could cover their faces with their long slender tongues; with them they licked the tips of their two ears and their noses. (67)
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 (64.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prabhutatanujihva, Sarvam, Sarva, Chada, Sva, Svap, Mukha, Karna, Agra, Tad, Yushmad, Nasa, Parima, Arjin, Shu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.67). 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: “prabhūtatanujihvāya sarvaṃ chādensu svaṃ mukhaṃ ”
- prabhūtatanujihvāya -
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prabhūtatanujihva (noun, masculine)[dative single]prabhūtatanujihva (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- sarvam -
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sarvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- chāde -
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chāda (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- īn -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- svam -
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sva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svap (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]svap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]svan (noun, masculine)[adverb]svan (noun, neuter)[adverb]sva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mukham -
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mukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “duve ca karṇāgrāṇi te nāsāṃ ca parimārjiṣuḥ ”
- duve -
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dū (noun, feminine)[dative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karṇā -
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karṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]karṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- agrāṇi -
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agra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- nāsām -
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nāsā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- parimā -
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parimā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arji -
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arjin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]arjin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ṣuḥ -
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ṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.67
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit