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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 100.30
शक्यं हि द्विन्नां वचनं क्षमेतुं श्रेष्ठस्य वा अथ वा सदृशस्य ।
कथं हि हीनस्य वचं क्षमेया आख्याहि मे कौण्डिन्य एतम् अर्थं ॥ ३० ॥
śakyaṃ hi dvinnāṃ vacanaṃ kṣametuṃ śreṣṭhasya vā atha vā sadṛśasya |
kathaṃ hi hīnasya vacaṃ kṣameyā ākhyāhi me kauṇḍinya etam arthaṃ || 30 ||
It may be possible to bear with the rude speech of two men, that of a superior and that of an equal. But how may one bear with the speech of an inferior? Tell me this, O Kaundinya. (30)
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 (100.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shakya, Vacana, Ksha, Shreshtha, Var, Atha, Sadrisha, Katham, Katha, Hina, Vaca, Akhya, Ahi, Asmad, Kaundini, Kaundinya, Eta, Esha, Artha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 100.30). 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: “śakyaṃ hi dvinnāṃ vacanaṃ kṣametuṃ śreṣṭhasya vā atha vā sadṛśasya ”
- śakyam -
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śakya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śakya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śakyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śak -> śakya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]√śak -> śakya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Cannot analyse dvinnām*va
- vacanam -
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vacana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vacana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vacanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kṣam -
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kṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- etum -
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√i -> etum (infinitive)[infinitive from √i]
- śreṣṭhasya -
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śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)[genitive single]śreṣṭha (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sadṛśasya -
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sadṛśa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]sadṛśa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- Line 2: “kathaṃ hi hīnasya vacaṃ kṣameyā ākhyāhi me kauṇḍinya etam arthaṃ ”
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- hīnasya -
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hīna (noun, masculine)[genitive single]hīna (noun, neuter)[genitive single]√hā -> hīna (participle, masculine)[genitive single from √hā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √hā class 3 verb]√hā -> hīna (participle, neuter)[genitive single from √hā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √hā class 3 verb]
- vacam -
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atvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]abahvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]guḍatvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]niṣkulatvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]bahvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]vaca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vacā (noun, feminine)[adverb]satvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]sukumāranakhatvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]sukumāratanutvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]sutvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]suptatvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]sūryatvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]haritvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]hiraṇyatvac (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- kṣameyā -
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√kṣam (verb class 1)[optative middle first single]
- ākhyā -
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ākhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ākhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahi -
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ahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ahī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- kauṇḍinya* -
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kauṇḍinī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kauṇḍinya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- etam -
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eta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]etā (noun, feminine)[adverb]eṣa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 100.30
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit