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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 75.8
तेषां च परार्थाये उपकरणानि अभून्सुः पात्रस्मिं ।
ते तानि ग्रहेत्वान लवणजलधरं समवगाढा ॥ ८ ॥
teṣāṃ ca parārthāye upakaraṇāni abhūnsuḥ pātrasmiṃ |
te tāni grahetvāna lavaṇajaladharaṃ samavagāḍhā || 8 ||
They seized the gear, which they had on board for other uses, and plunged into the stream of the salt sea. (8)
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 (75.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Upakarana, Yushmad, Tani, Graha, Grahi, Itvan, Ana, Lavanajala, Dhara, Sama, Gadha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 75.8). 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: “teṣāṃ ca parārthāye upakaraṇāni abhūnsuḥ pātrasmiṃ ”
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- parārthāye -
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- upakaraṇāni -
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upakaraṇa (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse abhūnsuḥ*pā
- Cannot analyse pātrasmim
- Line 2: “te tāni grahetvāna lavaṇajaladharaṃ samavagāḍhā ”
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- tāni -
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tānī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]tānī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]tānī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- grahe -
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graha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]graha (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]grahā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]grahi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- itvā -
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itvan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]itvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> itvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √i]
- ana -
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ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- lavaṇajala -
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lavaṇajala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lavaṇajala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharam -
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dhara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dharā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sama -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√sam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gāḍhā -
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gāḍhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 75.8
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit