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 91.21

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त्वचं च वसां च मांसं च पीत्वान रुधिरं च वो ।
तुष्टा राक्षसी भविष्यन्ति आहारेण समर्पिताः ॥ २१ ॥

tvacaṃ ca vasāṃ ca māṃsaṃ ca pītvāna rudhiraṃ ca vo |
tuṣṭā rākṣasī bhaviṣyanti āhāreṇa samarpitāḥ || 21 ||

“They will eat your skin, your fat, and your flesh, and drink your blood. Glad will the ogresses be when they have won such a feast. (21)
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 (91.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tvac, Tvaca, Vasa, Mamsa, Pitva, Ana, Rudhira, Tushta, Rakshasi, Rakshasin, Bhavishyanti, Bhavishyat, Ahara, Samarpita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 91.21). 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: “tvacaṃ ca vasāṃ ca māṃsaṃ ca pītvāna rudhiraṃ ca vo ”
tvacam -
tvaca (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

tvacā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tvac (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vasām -
vasā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
māṃsam -
māṃsa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

māṃsa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pītvā -
pītvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pā]

√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pā]

√pā -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pā]

√pai -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pai]

√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pi]

√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pi]

√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pi]

√pi -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pi]

√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pī]

√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pī]

√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pī]

√pī -> pītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √pī]
ana -
ana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
rudhiram -
rudhira (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rudhira (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

rudhirā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Cannot analyse vo
Line 2: “tuṣṭā rākṣasī bhaviṣyanti āhāreṇa samarpitāḥ ”
tuṣṭā* -
tuṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tuṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√tuṣ -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb]

√tuṣ -> tuṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √tuṣ class 4 verb]

√tus -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √tus class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √tus class 1 verb]

√tus -> tuṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √tus class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √tus class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √tus class 1 verb]

√tuś -> tuṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √tuś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √tuś class 1 verb]

√tuś -> tuṣṭā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √tuś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √tuś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √tuś class 1 verb]
rākṣasī -
rākṣasī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

rākṣasin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhaviṣyanti -
bhaviṣyantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[future active third plural]
āhāreṇa -
āhāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

āhāra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
samarpitāḥ -
samarpita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

samarpitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 91.21

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019