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 87.96

त्रिहि च लोकनाथेहि ब्रह्मचर्यं चरे अहं ।
काश्यपो मां वियाकार्षी बोधिं प्राप्स्यसि अनुत्तरां ॥ ९६ ॥

trihi ca lokanāthehi brahmacaryaṃ care ahaṃ |
kāśyapo māṃ viyākārṣī bodhiṃ prāpsyasi anuttarāṃ || 96 ||

“I lived the brahma-life under three Saviours of the world, and it was Kashyapa who proclaimed of me that I should win the supreme enlightenment. (96)

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

Tri, Lokanatha, Brahmacarya, Cara, Cari, Aha, Asmad, Kashyapa, Karshi, Karshin, Bodhi, Pra, Anuttara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 87.96). 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: “trihi ca lokanāthehi brahmacaryaṃ care ahaṃ
  • tri -
  • tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lokanāthe -
  • lokanātha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    lokanātha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    lokanāthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihi -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second single]
  • brahmacaryam -
  • brahmacarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • care -
  • cara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    cara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    carā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cari (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “kāśyapo māṃ viyākārṣī bodhiṃ prāpsyasi anuttarāṃ
  • kāśyapo* -
  • kāśyapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • viyā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • kārṣī -
  • kārṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kārṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kārṣi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kārṣin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bodhim -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpsyasi -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [future active second single]
  • 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 87.96

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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