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 64.577

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सो जातमात्रो स्मरे कल्पान् अनन्तां ये पूर्वं बुद्धा पूजित सत्कृता च ।
नामं च तेषां स्मरति गणं च धर्मं शोधेत्व स्तूपं द्विपदोत्तमस्य ॥ ५७७ ॥

so jātamātro smare kalpān anantāṃ ye pūrvaṃ buddhā pūjita satkṛtā ca |
nāmaṃ ca teṣāṃ smarati gaṇaṃ ca dharmaṃ śodhetva stūpaṃ dvipadottamasya || 577 ||

He who has cleansed a tope of the Supreme Man, remembers, as soon as he is born, the Buddhas whom of yore he worshipped and honoured for infinite kalpas. He remembers their names, their number and their dharma. (577)
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 (64.577). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Smara, Kalpa, Ananta, Yah, Yat, Purvam, Purva, Buddha, Pujita, Satkrita, Tad, Smarat, Gana, Dharma, Stupa, Dvipadottama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 64.577). 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: “so jātamātro smare kalpān anantāṃ ye pūrvaṃ buddhā pūjita satkṛtā ca ”
so* -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jātamātro -
smare -
smara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

smara (noun, neuter)

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

smarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kalpān -
kalpa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
anantām -
anantā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ye -
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]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
buddhā -
buddhā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

pūjita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pūj -> pūjita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pūj class 10 verb]

√pūj -> pūjita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
satkṛtā -
satkṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “nāmaṃ ca teṣāṃ smarati gaṇaṃ ca dharmaṃ śodhetva stūpaṃ dvipadottamasya ”
nāmam -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
teṣām -
tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
smarati -
√smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smarat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
gaṇam -
gaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

gaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śodhet -
√śudh (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
stūpam -
stūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dvipadottamasya -
dvipadottama (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dvipadottama (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 64.577

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019