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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 87.29
तेन यशो अतुलिया च कीर्ती अभ्युद्गता दशदिशासु ।
तेन अहं विरोचामि सदेवके सब्रह्मके लोके ॥ २९ ॥
tena yaśo atuliyā ca kīrtī abhyudgatā daśadiśāsu |
tena ahaṃ virocāmi sadevake sabrahmake loke || 29 ||
“Hence is my glory unequalled and my fame gone forth in all regions of the world. Hence do I shine in the worlds of men, of devas, and of Brahma.” (29)
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 (87.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Tena, Kirti, Abhyudgata, Dashadisha, Aha, Asmad, Vira, Amin, Sadevaka, Sabrahmaka, Loka,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 87.29). 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: “tena yaśo atuliyā ca kīrtī abhyudgatā daśadiśāsu ”
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- yaśo -
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- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- liyā -
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lī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kīrtī -
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kīrtī (noun, masculine)[compound]kīrtī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]kīrti (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kīrti (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- abhyudgatā* -
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abhyudgata (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]abhyudgatā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- daśadiśāsu -
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daśadiśā (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- Line 2: “tena ahaṃ virocāmi sadevake sabrahmake loke ”
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- viro -
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vira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]virā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ūcā -
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√uc (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√vac (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√vac (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sadevake -
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sadevaka (noun, masculine)[locative single]sadevaka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sadevakā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sabrahmake -
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sabrahmaka (noun, masculine)[locative single]sabrahmaka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sabrahmakā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 87.29
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit