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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 90.77
येषाम् अविकला समन्त श्रद्धा वरगुणकोटिशतेहि ये उपेता ।
ये च धारयि धर्म लुज्जमानं मुदितमना सुगतस्य शासनस्मिं ॥ ७७ ॥
yeṣām avikalā samanta śraddhā varaguṇakoṭiśatehi ye upetā |
ye ca dhārayi dharma lujjamānaṃ muditamanā sugatasya śāsanasmiṃ || 77 ||
Those whose faith is entirely perfect, those endowed with hundreds of kotis of good qualities, those who, rejoicing in the Sugata’s teaching, uphold the dharma when it is dissolving, (77)
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 (90.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Yat, Avikala, Samanta, Shraddha, Vara, Guna, Kotisha, Tad, Tan, Yushmad, Upetri, Upeta, Dha, Rayi, Dharma, Dharman, Mudita, Ana, Sugata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 90.77). 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: “yeṣām avikalā samanta śraddhā varaguṇakoṭiśatehi ye upetā ”
- yeṣām -
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ya (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- avikalā -
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avikalā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- samanta -
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samanta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]samanta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śraddhā* -
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śraddha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śraddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vara -
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vara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- guṇa -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- koṭiśa -
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koṭiśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- ihi -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second single]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- upetā -
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upetṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]upetā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ye ca dhārayi dharma lujjamānaṃ muditamanā sugatasya śāsanasmiṃ ”
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhā -
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dhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- rayi -
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rayi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]rayi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]rayi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dharma -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse lujjamānam*mu
- muditam -
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mudita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mudita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]muditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mud class 1 verb]√mud -> mudita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mud class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mud class 1 verb]√mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √mud class 10 verb]√mud -> mudita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √mud class 10 verb], [accusative single from √mud class 10 verb]
- anā -
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anā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sugatasya -
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sugata (noun, masculine)[genitive single]sugata (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- Cannot analyse śāsanasmim
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 90.77
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit