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 90.36

मुक्ताहारा च आबद्धा चित्रा च मणिकुण्डला ।
ओगुण्ठिका मुद्रिका च येन बोधि निरिंगिता ॥ ३६ ॥

muktāhārā ca ābaddhā citrā ca maṇikuṇḍalā |
oguṇṭhikā mudrikā ca yena bodhi niriṃgitā || 36 ||

Strings of pearls, brilliant adornments, earrings of gems, draperies and signet-rings all turned towards the immovable bodhi tree. (36)

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

Muktahara, Abaddha, Citra, Manikundala, Mudrika, Yena, Yah, Yat, Bodhin, Nih, Ingita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 90.36). 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: “muktāhārā ca ābaddhā citrā ca maṇikuṇḍalā
  • muktāhārā -
  • muktāhārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca* -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ābaddhā -
  • ābaddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • citrā -
  • citrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • maṇikuṇḍalā -
  • maṇikuṇḍalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “oguṇṭhikā mudrikā ca yena bodhi niriṃgitā
  • Cannot analyse oguṇṭhikā*mu
  • mudrikā -
  • mudrikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nir -
  • niḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    niḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • iṅgitā -
  • iṅg -> iṅgitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √iṅg class 1 verb], [nominative single from √iṅg]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 90.36

Cover of edition (1949)

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

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