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 64.264

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समुद्रमध्ये यथ शैलराजा सुमेरुमूर्ध्ने यथ वैजयन्तो ।
सूर्यसहस्रं यथ अन्तरीक्षे एवं प्रभासि जिनो बोधिमूले ॥ २६४ ॥

samudramadhye yatha śailarājā sumerumūrdhne yatha vaijayanto |
sūryasahasraṃ yatha antarīkṣe evaṃ prabhāsi jino bodhimūle || 264 ||

“Like the monarch of rocks in mid-ocean, like Indra’s banner, Vaijayanta, on Sumeru’s summit, like a thousand suns in the sky, so shines the Conqueror at the foot of the bodhi tree. (264)
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 (64.264). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samudramadhya, Yat, Yad, Han, Shailaraj, Sumeru, Murdhan, Antu, Surya, Sahasram, Sahasra, Antariksha, Evam, Eva, Prabha, Asi, Jina, Bodhin, Mula,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.264). 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: “samudramadhye yatha śailarājā sumerumūrdhne yatha vaijayanto ”
samudramadhye -
samudramadhya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

samudramadhya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
yat -
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 -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śailarājā -
śailarāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
sumeru -
sumeru (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

sumeru (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sumeru (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
mūrdhne -
mūrdhan (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
yat -
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 -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
ja -
ja (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ja (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ya -
i (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

ī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
anto -
antu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “sūryasahasraṃ yatha antarīkṣe evaṃ prabhāsi jino bodhimūle ”
sūrya -
sūrya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sūrya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sūr -> sūrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sūr]

√sūr -> sūrya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sūr]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √sūr class 4 verb], [vocative single from √sūr class 10 verb]

√sūr (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
sahasram -
sahasram (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sahasra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sahasra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
yat -
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 -
ha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

han (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
antarīkṣe -
antarīkṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
evam -
evam (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

evam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

eva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prabhā -
prabha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prabha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prabhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asi -
asi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

asi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

asī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active second single]
jino* -
ji (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

jina (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bodhi -
bodhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bodhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bodhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mūle -
mūla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mūla (noun, neuter)

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

mūlā (noun, feminine)

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

√mūl (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.264

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019