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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 64.509
विघुष्टशब्दो भवति विदु प्रशंस्यः शुद्धं विशुद्धं लभे आत्मभावं ।
उद्वीक्षणीयो भवति जनस्य देवान नागान गुरु पूजितश् च ॥ ५०९ ॥
vighuṣṭaśabdo bhavati vidu praśaṃsyaḥ śuddhaṃ viśuddhaṃ labhe ātmabhāvaṃ |
udvīkṣaṇīyo bhavati janasya devāna nāgāna guru pūjitaś ca || 509 ||
He gains great reputation and becomes wise and laudable. He shall win a clean and pure body. He becomes an object of men’s high regard, and revered of devas and Nagas. (509)
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 (64.509). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vighushtashabda, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Vidu, Prashamsya, Shuddha, Vishuddha, Labha, Atmabhava, Jana, Deva, Naga, Guru, Pujita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.509). 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: “vighuṣṭaśabdo bhavati vidu praśaṃsyaḥ śuddhaṃ viśuddhaṃ labhe ātmabhāvaṃ ”
- vighuṣṭaśabdo* -
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vighuṣṭaśabda (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavati -
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bhavatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- vidu -
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vidu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vidu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vidu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- praśaṃsyaḥ -
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praśaṃsya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śuddham -
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śuddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śuddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śuddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- viśuddham -
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viśuddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]viśuddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]viśuddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- labhe -
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labha (noun, masculine)[locative single]labha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]labhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√labh (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- ātmabhāvam -
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ātmabhāva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “udvīkṣaṇīyo bhavati janasya devāna nāgāna guru pūjitaś ca ”
- Cannot analyse udvīkṣaṇīyo*bh
- bhavati -
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bhavatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- janasya -
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jana (noun, masculine)[genitive single]jana (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- devān -
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deva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāgān -
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nāga (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- guru -
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guru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]guru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]gurū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]gurū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]gurū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pūjitaś -
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pūjita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√pūj -> pūjita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.509
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit