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 87.54

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आदित्यो व तपन्तो शरदस्मिं उद्गतो यथाकाशे ।
योजनशतं प्रभाये दीपंकरो स्फरित्वास्थासि ॥ ५४ ॥

ādityo va tapanto śaradasmiṃ udgato yathākāśe |
yojanaśataṃ prabhāye dīpaṃkaro spharitvāsthāsi || 54 ||

“Like the blazing sun when it is high in the sky in autumn, so did Dipamkara stand with his radiance pervading a hundred yojanas. (54)
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 (87.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aditya, Adityas, Udgata, Yatha, Yojanashata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 87.54). 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: “ādityo va tapanto śaradasmiṃ udgato yathākāśe ”
ādityo* -
ādityas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

āditya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
va -
va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tapanto -
Cannot analyse śaradasmim*ud
udgato* -
udgata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
akāśe -
√kāś (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
Line 2: “yojanaśataṃ prabhāye dīpaṃkaro spharitvāsthāsi ”
yojanaśatam -
yojanaśata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prabhāye -
dīpaṅkaro -
Cannot analyse spharitvāsthāsi

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 87.54

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019