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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 64.458
देवागारम् उपादाय ये कल्पस्थायिजीविनो ।
ये अत्रान्तरेण वृक्षा ये च भूमि अनागता ॥ ४५८ ॥
devāgāram upādāya ye kalpasthāyijīvino |
ye atrāntareṇa vṛkṣā ye ca bhūmi anāgatā || 458 ||
It would be easier for a learned man to count the trees, beginning with those growing for a kalpa in the home of the devas, then those which are here on earth in the meantime and those in the future,... (458)
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 (64.458). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Devagara, Upadaya, Yah, Yat, Kalpa, Tha, Ayi, Ayin, Jivi, Jivin, Atra, Tara, Vriksha, Bhumi, Anagata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.458). 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: “devāgāram upādāya ye kalpasthāyijīvino ”
- devāgāram -
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devāgāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- upādāya -
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upādāya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- kalpas -
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kalpa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- thā -
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tha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ayi -
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ayi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ayin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ayin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]e (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- jīvi -
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jīvī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jīvin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]jīvin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- no -
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nu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “ye atrāntareṇa vṛkṣā ye ca bhūmi anāgatā ”
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- atrān -
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atra (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- tareṇa -
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tara (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]tara (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- vṛkṣā* -
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vṛkṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhūmi -
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bhūmi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]bhūmi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bhūmī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhūmī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]bhūmī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- anāgatā -
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anāgatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.458
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit