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 76.57

मानुषका च ये वृक्षा पुष्पाणि च फलानि च ।
चारिकान् तानि दृश्येन्सु चरन्ते लोकनायके ॥ ५७ ॥

mānuṣakā ca ye vṛkṣā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca |
cārikān tāni dṛśyensu carante lokanāyake || 57 ||

Trees and flowers and fruits that are of this world were seen as the Leader of the world went on his journey. (57)

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 (76.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manusha, Yah, Yat, Vriksha, Pushpa, Phala, Carika, Tad, Tani, Drishya, Drishi, Caranta, Lokanayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 76.57). 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: “mānuṣakā ca ye vṛkṣā puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca
  • mānuṣa -
  • mānuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mānuṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vṛkṣā -
  • vṛkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • puṣpāṇi -
  • puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • phalāni -
  • phala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    phal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “cārikān tāni dṛśyensu carante lokanāyake
  • cārikā -
  • cārikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • an -
  • tāni -
  • 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]
  • dṛśye -
  • dṛśya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    dṛśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    dṛśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dṛś -> dṛśya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛśi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    dṛśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛśya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • su -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • carante -
  • caranta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • lokanāyake -
  • lokanāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 76.57

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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