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 64.306

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जनान हारा च कण्ठे निष्कानि शोभनानि च ।
आबद्धका मनुष्याणां येन बोधि निरिंगिता ॥ ३०६ ॥

janāna hārā ca kaṇṭhe niṣkāni śobhanāni ca |
ābaddhakā manuṣyāṇāṃ yena bodhi niriṃgitā || 306 ||

Men’s strings of pearls, and lovely necklaces worn round the neck, and the adornments of human beings turned towards the immovable bodhi tree. (306)
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 (64.306). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janana, Hara, Kantha, Nishka, Ani, Shobhana, Abaddha, Manushya, Yena, Yah, Yat, Bodhin, Nih, Ingita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.306). 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: “janāna hārā ca kaṇṭhe niṣkāni śobhanāni ca ”
janāna -
√jan -> janāna (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √jan class 2 verb]

√jan -> janāna (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √jan class 2 verb]
hārā -
hārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kaṇṭhe -
kaṇṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√kaṇṭh (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
niṣkā -
niṣka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

niṣkā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

anī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
śobhanāni -
śobhana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “ābaddhakā manuṣyāṇāṃ yena bodhi niriṃgitā ”
ābaddha -
ābaddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ābaddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kā* -
kās (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
manuṣyāṇām -
manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

manuṣya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

manuṣyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

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

[compound], [adverb]

bodhin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bodhin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
nir -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
iṅgitā -
√iṅg -> iṅgitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [nominative single from √iṅg]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.306

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019