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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 64.254
परस्परस्य तद उत्थहित्वा भूयस्या मात्रया तत मेदिनीयं ।
नभातो क्षिप्ता यथ चित्रपट्टा तथैव सा तद अभु मारसेना ॥ २५४ ॥
parasparasya tada utthahitvā bhūyasyā mātrayā tata medinīyaṃ |
nabhāto kṣiptā yatha citrapaṭṭā tathaiva sā tada abhu mārasenā || 254 ||
One after the other they strove to rise, but all the more were they stretched out on the ground. Like gaily-coloured cloths thrown from the sky, such, then, was Mara’s host. (254)
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 (64.254). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Paraspara, Tada, Uttha, Hitva, Hitvan, Bhuyasi, Matraya, Matra, Tata, Medin, Medini, Iyam, Idam, Nabh, Nabha, Kshipta, Yat, Yad, Han, Tatha, Abhu, Marasena,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.254). 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: “parasparasya tada utthahitvā bhūyasyā mātrayā tata medinīyaṃ ”
- parasparasya -
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paraspara (noun, masculine)[genitive single]paraspara (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- tada* -
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tada (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- uttha -
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uttha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]uttha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hitvā -
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hitvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√dhā -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhā]√hi -> hitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √hi]hitvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhūyasyā* -
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bhūyasi (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- mātrayā -
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mātrayā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]mātrā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- tata -
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tata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √tan class 8 verb]√tan -> tata (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √tan class 8 verb]
- medinī -
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medinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]medini (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]medini (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]medini (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]medin (noun, masculine)[locative single]medin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “nabhāto kṣiptā yatha citrapaṭṭā tathaiva sā tada abhu mārasenā ”
- nabhā -
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nabha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nabh (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]nabhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√nabh (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ato -
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- kṣiptā* -
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kṣipta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kṣiptā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṣip -> kṣipta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb]√kṣip -> kṣiptā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √kṣip class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṣip class 6 verb]
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- citrapaṭṭā -
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- tathai -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tada -
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tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- abhu -
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abhū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- mārasenā -
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mārasenā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.254
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit