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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 65.82
सो हयसहस्रयुक्तं वाहनम् अभिरुह्य चित्रचापधरो ।
वाचाम् उग्राम् उदीरये हनथ हनथ गृह्णथ नं शीघ्रं ॥ ८२ ॥
so hayasahasrayuktaṃ vāhanam abhiruhya citracāpadharo |
vācām ugrām udīraye hanatha hanatha gṛhṇatha naṃ śīghraṃ || 82 ||
Mounting his chariot drawn by thousands of horses, and carrying a dazzling bow, he uttered a fearful cry, “Slay him, slay him, quickly seize him.” (82)
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 (65.82). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sah, Haya, Sahasra, Yuktam, Yukta, Vahana, Abhiruhya, Citracapa, Dha, Vac, Vaca, Ugra, Udira, Yah, Yat, Grihnat, Han, Shighram, Shighra,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 65.82). 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 hayasahasrayuktaṃ vāhanam abhiruhya citracāpadharo ”
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- haya -
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haya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√hay (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sahasra -
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sahasra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sahasra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yuktam -
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yuktam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yukta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]yukta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]yuktā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]√yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
- vāhanam -
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vāhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vāhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vāhanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- abhiruhya -
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abhiruhya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- citracāpa -
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citracāpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dha -
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dha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ro -
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ru (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “vācām ugrām udīraye hanatha hanatha gṛhṇatha naṃ śīghraṃ ”
- vācām -
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vāc (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]vācā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ugrām -
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ugrā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- udīra -
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udīra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]udīra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- 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]
- hanatha -
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√han (verb class 1)[present active second plural]
- hanatha -
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√han (verb class 1)[present active second plural]
- gṛhṇat -
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gṛhṇat (noun, masculine)[compound]gṛhṇat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse nam*śī
- śīghram -
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śīghram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]śīghra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śīghra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śīghrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 65.82
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit