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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 64.109
नीलां च मुक्तां तथ श्वेतमुक्ता रक्तां च मुक्तां शुभवर्णनीयां ।
हर्षं जनेत्वान च वेगजाता अलंकरोन्ति भगवतो बोधिवृक्षं ॥ १०९ ॥
nīlāṃ ca muktāṃ tatha śvetamuktā raktāṃ ca muktāṃ śubhavarṇanīyāṃ |
harṣaṃ janetvāna ca vegajātā alaṃkaronti bhagavato bodhivṛkṣaṃ || 109 ||
With dark-blue, white and red pearls, bright and beautiful, did they, enraptured and thrilled, bedeck the bodhi tree of the Exalted One. (109)
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 (64.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nila, Mukta, Tatha, Shveta, Ukta, Rakta, Shubhavarna, Harsha, Vana, Vega, 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 64.109). 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: “nīlāṃ ca muktāṃ tatha śvetamuktā raktāṃ ca muktāṃ śubhavarṇanīyāṃ ”
- nīlām -
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nīlā (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]
- muktām -
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muktā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √muj class 1 verb]
- tatha -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śvetam -
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śveta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śveta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śvetā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- uktā* -
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ukta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]uktā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> uktā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √vac class 3 verb]
- raktām -
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raktā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√rag -> raktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √rag class 1 verb]√raj -> raktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √raj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √raj class 4 verb]√rañj -> raktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √rañj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rañj class 4 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- muktām -
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muktā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √muc class 6 verb]√muc -> muktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √muc class 1 verb]√muj -> muktā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √muj class 1 verb]
- śubhavarṇa -
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śubhavarṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śubhavarṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nīyā -
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√nī -> nīya (absolutive)[absolutive from √nī]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “harṣaṃ janetvāna ca vegajātā alaṃkaronti bhagavato bodhivṛkṣaṃ ”
- harṣam -
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harṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]harṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]harṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- janet -
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√jan (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- vāna -
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vāna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√u -> vāna (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]√u -> vāna (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 5 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vega -
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vega (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- jātā* -
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- Cannot analyse alaṅkaronti*bh
- bhagavato* -
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bhagavat (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]bhagavat (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- bodhivṛkṣam -
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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 64.109
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit