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 64.278

त्रायस्त्रिंशा च यामा च तुषिता ये च निर्मिता ।
परनिर्मिता ये देवा कामधातुप्रतिष्ठिताः ॥ २७८ ॥

trāyastriṃśā ca yāmā ca tuṣitā ye ca nirmitā |
paranirmitā ye devā kāmadhātupratiṣṭhitāḥ || 278 ||

The Trayastrimsha devas, the Yama devas, the Tushita devas, the Nirmanarati devas, the Paranirmitavashavartin devas, devas who still abide in a world of sensuous delights, (278)

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 (64.278). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yama, Tushita, Yah, Yat, Nirmita, Paranirmita, Deva, Devri, Devan, Pratishthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.278). 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: “trāyastriṃśā ca yāmā ca tuṣitā ye ca nirmitā
  • trāyastriṃśā -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yāmā -
  • yāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tuṣitā* -
  • tuṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tuṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirmitā -
  • nirmitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “paranirmitā ye devā kāmadhātupratiṣṭhitāḥ
  • paranirmitā* -
  • paranirmita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • devā -
  • devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    devṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    devan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāmadhātu -
  • kāmadhātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pratiṣṭhitāḥ -
  • pratiṣṭhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pratiṣṭhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.278

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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