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 64.104

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चन्द्रप्रभां च रतनां ग्रहेत्वा सूर्यकान्ता च रतनां गृहेत्वा ।
वैरोचनां मणिरत्नां ग्रहेत्वा अलंकरोन्ति भगवतो बोधिवृक्षं ॥ १०४ ॥

candraprabhāṃ ca ratanāṃ grahetvā sūryakāntā ca ratanāṃ gṛhetvā |
vairocanāṃ maṇiratnāṃ grahetvā alaṃkaronti bhagavato bodhivṛkṣaṃ || 104 ||

They brought gems of “moon-stone,” of “sun-crystal,” of “sun-stone,” and bedecked the bodhi tree of the Exalted One. (104)
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 (64.104). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Candraprabha, Rata, Graha, Grahi, Itvan, Grih, Griha, Vairocana, Maniratna, Bhagavat, Bodhivriksha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.104). 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: “candraprabhāṃ ca ratanāṃ grahetvā sūryakāntā ca ratanāṃ gṛhetvā ”
candraprabhām -
candraprabhā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rata -
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]
nām -
nā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
grahe -
graha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

graha (noun, neuter)

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

grahā (noun, feminine)

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

grahi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
itvā -
√i -> itvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

itvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sūryakāntā -
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rata -
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]
nām -
nā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gṛhe -
gṛha (noun, masculine)

[compound]

gṛh (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

gṛh (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
itvā -
√i -> itvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √i]

itvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vairocanāṃ maṇiratnāṃ grahetvā alaṃkaronti bhagavato bodhivṛkṣaṃ ”
vairocanām -
vairocanā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
maṇiratnā -
maṇiratna (noun, neuter)

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

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
grahe -
graha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

graha (noun, neuter)

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

grahā (noun, feminine)

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

grahi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
tvā* -
Cannot analyse alaṅkaronti*bh
bhagavato* -
bhagavat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

bhagavat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
bodhivṛkṣam -
bodhivṛkṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.104

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019