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 111.5

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तिष्ठे यं पाण्डरो गिरि कैलासवत् तथैव विपुलो ।
अथ मे पितरो पितामहा प्रेता कालगता अवीततृष्णा ॥ ५ ॥

tiṣṭhe yaṃ pāṇḍaro giri kailāsavat tathaiva vipulo |
atha me pitaro pitāmahā pretā kālagatā avītatṛṣṇā || 5 ||

Though I now stand in glory like snow-white mount Kailasa, yet my father and my grandfather are dead and gone, their craving still unsatisfied. (5)
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 (111.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tishtha, Yah, Pandara, Gir, Kaila, Tatha, Pulu, Atha, Asmad, Pretri, Preta, Kalagata, Avita, Trishna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 111.5). 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: “tiṣṭhe yaṃ pāṇḍaro giri kailāsavat tathaiva vipulo ”
tiṣṭhe -
tiṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tiṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
yam -
ya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
pāṇḍaro* -
pāṇḍara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
giri -
giri (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

giri (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

gir (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gir (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kailā -
kaila (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kaila (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
asavat -
√su (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
tathai -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tatha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tatha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
pulo -
pulu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

pulu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “atha me pitaro pitāmahā pretā kālagatā avītatṛṣṇā ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
me -
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]
pitaro -
pitāmahā -
pretā -
pretṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pretā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√prī (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√prī (verb class 9)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
kālagatā* -
kālagata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kālagatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
avīta -
avīta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avīta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vī (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second plural]
tṛṣṇā -
tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 111.5

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019