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 87.95

विश्वभुवं च महार्हेहि चीवरेहि सश्रावकं ।
आच्छादये संप्रहृष्टो बोधिं प्रार्थेन्तो अनुत्तरां ॥ ९५ ॥

viśvabhuvaṃ ca mahārhehi cīvarehi saśrāvakaṃ |
ācchādaye saṃprahṛṣṭo bodhiṃ prārthento anuttarāṃ || 95 ||

“Whilst I was questing after the supreme enlightenment, in rapture I bestowed costly robes on Vishvabhu and his monks. (95)

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

Vishvabhu, Maharha, Civara, Shravaka, Acchada, Yah, Yat, Samprahrishta, Bodhi, Prartha, Anuttara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 87.95). 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: “viśvabhuvaṃ ca mahārhehi cīvarehi saśrāvakaṃ
  • viśvabhu -
  • viśvabhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahārhe -
  • mahārha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    mahārha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    mahārhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cīvare -
  • cīvara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    cīvara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrāvakam -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrāvaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ācchādaye saṃprahṛṣṭo bodhiṃ prārthento anuttarāṃ
  • ācchāda -
  • ācchāda (noun, masculine)
    [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]
  • samprahṛṣṭo* -
  • samprahṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bodhim -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prārthe -
  • prārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    prārtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prārthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īnto -
  • anuttarām -
  • anuttarā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 87.95

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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