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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 99.6
यो ते हस्तां च पादां च कर्णनासां च च्छिन्दति ।
तस्य कुप्य महाब्रह्मे स्वस्त्य् अस्तु इतारा प्रजाः ॥ ६ ॥
yo te hastāṃ ca pādāṃ ca karṇanāsāṃ ca cchindati |
tasya kupya mahābrahme svasty astu itārā prajāḥ || 6 ||
O Great Brahma be wroth with him who lopped off your hands, your feet, your ears and nose. Let it be well with the rest of men. (6)
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 (99.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Yushmad, Hasta, Pada, Karnanasa, Kupya, Mahabrahma, Astu, Ita, Ara, Praja, Prajas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 99.6). 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: “yo te hastāṃ ca pādāṃ ca karṇanāsāṃ ca cchindati ”
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[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]
- hastām -
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hastā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pādā -
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pāda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karṇanāsām -
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karṇanāsā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse cchindati
- Line 2: “tasya kupya mahābrahme svasty astu itārā prajāḥ ”
- tasya -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- kupya -
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kupya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kupya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√kup -> kupya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kup]√kup -> kupya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √kup class 4 verb], [vocative single from √kup class 10 verb]√kup -> kupya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √kup class 4 verb], [vocative single from √kup class 10 verb]√kup (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- mahābrahme -
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mahābrahma (noun, masculine)[locative single]mahābrahmā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse svasty*as
- astu -
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astu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]astu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]astu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√as (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- itā -
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ita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]itā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- arā -
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arā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- prajāḥ -
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praja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]prajā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]prajas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 99.6
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit