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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 64.192
जनीसुतो पितं अवच विशालबुद्धि विचित्रां पुष्पां गृहिय मनोज्ञां ।
अभ्योकिरित्व जगसत्वसारं सर्वान्ते सेनां करेय भस्म ॥ १९२ ॥
janīsuto pitaṃ avaca viśālabuddhi vicitrāṃ puṣpāṃ gṛhiya manojñāṃ |
abhyokiritva jagasatvasāraṃ sarvānte senāṃ kareya bhasma || 192 ||
Then Janisuta, of great understanding, brought bright and charming flowers in his hands and showered them on the choicest Being in the whole world. He said to his father: “He could reduce all thy army to ashes...” (192)
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 (64.192). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Jani, Ava, Vishala, Vicitra, Pushpa, Grih, Grihin, Grihi, Manojna, Abhi, Uksh, Irin, Tva, Jaga, Satvan, Sara, Sarvanta, Sena, Bhasman,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.192). 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: “janīsuto pitaṃ avaca viśālabuddhi vicitrāṃ puṣpāṃ gṛhiya manojñāṃ ”
- janī -
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janī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]jani (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- suto -
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- pitam -
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√pi (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- ava -
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ava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[compound]√av (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√u (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- viśāla -
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viśāla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viśāla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- buddhi -
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buddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- vicitrām -
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vicitrā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- puṣpām -
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puṣpā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- gṛhi -
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gṛhin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]gṛhin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]gṛhī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]gṛhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]gṛhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]gṛh (noun, masculine)[locative single]gṛh (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- ya -
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- manojñām -
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manojñā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “abhyokiritva jagasatvasāraṃ sarvānte senāṃ kareya bhasma ”
- abhyo -
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abhi (noun, feminine)[instrumental 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]
- iri -
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irin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]irin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tva -
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tva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jaga -
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jaga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√gā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√gā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√gā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√gā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√gā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]
- satva -
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satvan (noun, masculine)[compound]satvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāram -
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sāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sārā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)[absolutive from √sṛ]√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)[absolutive from √sṛ]
- sarvānte -
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sarvānta (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- senām -
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senā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- kareya -
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√kṛ (verb class 1)[optative middle first single]
- bhasma -
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bhasman (noun, masculine)[compound]bhasman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.192
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit