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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 76.1
आगतो श्रमणो गौतमो मगधानां गिरिव्रजं ।
सर्वे संजये नेत्वान कं सु नाम नयिष्यति ॥ १ ॥
āgato śramaṇo gautamo magadhānāṃ girivrajaṃ |
sarve saṃjaye netvāna kaṃ su nāma nayiṣyati || 1 ||
Gotama the recluse has come to Girivraja of the Magadhans, leading all the followers of Sanjayin with him. Whom will he lead now, I wonder? (1)
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 (76.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shramana, Gautama, Magadha, Girivraja, Sarva, Sanjaya, Nri, Itvan, Ana, Kah, Naman, Nayishyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 76.1). 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: “āgato śramaṇo gautamo magadhānāṃ girivrajaṃ ”
- āgato -
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- śramaṇo* -
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śramaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- gautamo* -
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gautama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- magadhānām -
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magadha (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]magadhā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- girivrajam -
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girivraja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “sarve saṃjaye netvāna kaṃ su nāma nayiṣyati ”
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sañjaye -
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sañjaya (noun, masculine)[locative single]sañjaya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sañjayā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ne -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ni (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ni (noun, feminine)[vocative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- kam -
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ka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nāma -
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nāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- nayiṣyati -
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√nay -> nayiṣyat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √nay class 1 verb]√nay -> nayiṣyat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √nay class 1 verb]√nī -> nayiṣyat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √nī class 1 verb]√nī -> nayiṣyat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √nī class 1 verb]√nay (verb class 1)[future active third single]√nī (verb class 1)[future active third single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 76.1
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit