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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 75.118
येषां च एवम् आसी ममैष भार्या ममैष पुत्रो वा ।
धीता वा हयपृष्ठाद् भ्रान्ताः महिं अभितो नुदिताः ॥ ११८ ॥
yeṣāṃ ca evam āsī mamaiṣa bhāryā mamaiṣa putro vā |
dhītā vā hayapṛṣṭhād bhrāntāḥ mahiṃ abhito nuditāḥ || 118 ||
Those of the merchants who thought, “Here is my wife, here my son or here my daughter,” were shaken off the horse’s back and thrown to earth. (118)
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 (75.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Yat, Evam, Eva, Asmad, Mama, Aisha, Bharya, Putra, Dhita, Var, Haya, Prishtha, Bhranta, Mahi, Abhitah, Nudita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 75.118). 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: “yeṣāṃ ca evam āsī mamaiṣa bhāryā mamaiṣa putro vā ”
- yeṣām -
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ya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- ca* -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āsī -
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- mamai -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]mamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- aiṣa -
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aiṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhāryā* -
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bhārya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bhāryā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ]√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ], [accusative plural from √bhṛ]
- mamai -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]mamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- aiṣa -
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aiṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- putro* -
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putra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “dhītā vā hayapṛṣṭhād bhrāntāḥ mahiṃ abhito nuditāḥ ”
- dhītā* -
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dhīta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dhītā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- haya -
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haya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√hay (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- pṛṣṭhād -
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pṛṣṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- bhrāntāḥ -
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bhrānta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bhrāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mahim -
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mahi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]mahi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- abhito* -
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abhitaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- nuditāḥ -
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nudita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]nuditā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√nud -> nudita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √nud class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √nud class 6 verb]√nud -> nuditā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √nud class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √nud class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √nud class 6 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 75.118
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit