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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 96.20
सगारवो सप्रतीसो ब्रह्मा कृत्वानम् अंजलिं ।
साधु ते साधुरूपस्य व्यामप्रभा प्रतिपद्यते ।
साधु अर्थान्वितं साध्यं वचनं ते मनोरमं ॥ २० ॥
sagāravo sapratīso brahmā kṛtvānam aṃjaliṃ |
sādhu te sādhurūpasya vyāmaprabhā pratipadyate |
sādhu arthānvitaṃ sādhyaṃ vacanaṃ te manoramaṃ || 20 ||
Hail to thee, hail to thy beauty. Thy radiance extends a full fathom. Hail to thy profitable, successful and charming speech. (20)
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 (96.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Prati, Sah, Brahma, Kritvan, Anjali, Sadhu, Tad, Yushmad, Sadhurupa, Vyama, Prabha, Pratipadya, Arthanvita, Sadhya, Vacana, Manorama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 96.20). 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: “sagāravo sapratīso brahmā kṛtvānam aṃjaliṃ ”
- sagā -
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√sag (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aravo -
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- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pratī -
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pratī (noun, masculine)[compound]pratī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]prati (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- brahmā -
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brahmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kṛtvānam -
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kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- añjalim -
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añjali (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “sādhu te sādhurūpasya vyāmaprabhā pratipadyate ”
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[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]
- sādhurūpasya -
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sādhurūpa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]sādhurūpa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- vyāma -
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vyāma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- prabhā -
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prabhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pratipadya -
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pratipadya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratipadya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[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]
- Line 3: “sādhu arthānvitaṃ sādhyaṃ vacanaṃ te manoramaṃ ”
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- arthānvitam -
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arthānvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]arthānvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]arthānvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sādhyam -
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sādhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sādhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sādhyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √sidh]√sidh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √sidh]√sidh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √sidh]√sādh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 5 verb]√sādh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 5 verb]√sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sidh]√sidh -> sādhya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sidh], [accusative single from √sidh]
- vacanam -
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vacana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vacana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vacanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[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]
- manoramam -
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manorama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]manorama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]manoramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 96.20
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit