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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 64.137
सो मंजुघोषो रुतवल्गुभाषी उल्लोकयित्वा दिशता समन्ता ।
अष्टांगुपेतां निनादये वाचां शृणोहि यक्ष गिरां भाषतो मे ॥ १३७ ॥
so maṃjughoṣo rutavalgubhāṣī ullokayitvā diśatā samantā |
aṣṭāṃgupetāṃ ninādaye vācāṃ śṛṇohi yakṣa girāṃ bhāṣato me || 137 ||
The Bodhisattva, as he looked out at all the regions around, uttered this consummate speech in his entrancing and sweet-sounding voice. “Listen, Yaksha,” said he, “to the words I speak. (137)
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 (64.137). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sah, Manjughosha, Ruta, Valgu, Bhashin, Bhashi, Ulla, Uksh, Ayi, Ayin, Tva, Samanta, Ashta, Gup, Gupa, Ita, Ninada, Yah, Yat, Vac, Vaca, Yaksha, Gir, Gira, Bhasha, Tas, Asmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.137). 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: “so maṃjughoṣo rutavalgubhāṣī ullokayitvā diśatā samantā ”
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mañjughoṣo* -
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mañjughoṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ruta -
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ruta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ruta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ru -> ruta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ru class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ru class 2 verb]√ru -> ruta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ru class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ru class 2 verb]√ru (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- valgu -
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valgu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]valgu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]valgu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]valgu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- bhāṣī -
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bhāṣī (noun, masculine)[compound]bhāṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]bhāṣin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ullo -
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ulla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- uk -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ayi -
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ayi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ayin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ayin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]e (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tvā* -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- diśatā -
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- samantā -
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samantā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “aṣṭāṃgupetāṃ ninādaye vācāṃ śṛṇohi yakṣa girāṃ bhāṣato me ”
- aṣṭāṅ -
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√aś -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √aś class 5 verb]
- gupe -
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gup (noun, masculine)[instrumental single], [dative single]gup (noun, neuter)[instrumental single], [dative single]gupā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- itām -
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itā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]√i -> itā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
- nināda -
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nināda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- vācām -
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vāc (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]vācā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse śṛṇohi*ya
- yakṣa -
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yakṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yakṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√yakṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- girām -
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gir (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]gir (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]girā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- bhāṣa -
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bhāṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhāṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- to* -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.137
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit