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Mahavastu [sanskrit verse and prose]
177,961 words | ISBN-10: 8120804813 | ISBN-13: 9788120804814
The Sanskrit edition of the Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition includes the verses as well as the prose sections. Original title: Mahāvastu-avādana (महावस्तु-अवादन), Mahāvastvavādana (महावस्त्ववादन, mahavastvavadana).
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ca // teṣāṃ khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana dvārāṇāṃ purato iṣikāni māpitāni abhūnsuḥ tripauruṣanaikhānyāni tripauruṣaparigohyāni dvādaśapauruṣā udvedhena citrāṇi darśanīyāni saptānāṃ varṇānāṃ suvarṇasya rūpyasya muktāyā vaiḍūryasya sphaṭikasya musāragalvasya lohitikāyāḥ // te khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana dvārā dvihi dvihi hemajālehi praticchannā abhūnsuḥ sauvarṇikena hemajālena rūpyamayena hemajālena // suvarṇasya hemajālasya rūpyamayīyo kiṃkiṇīyo abhūnsuḥ rūpyamayasya hemajālasya sauvarṇikā kiṃkiṇīyo abhūnsuḥ // teṣāṃ khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana hemajālānāṃ vāteritānāṃ vātasaṃghaṭṭitānāṃ ghoṣo niścarati valgu manojñaḥ āsecanako apratikūlo śravaṇāya / . . . . . . . . . . evam eva mahāmaudgalyāyana teṣāṃ hemajālānāṃ vāteritānāṃ vātasaṃghaṭṭitānāṃ ghoṣo niścarati valgu manojñaḥ āsecanako apratikūlo śravaṇāya // dīpavatī khalu punar bho mahāmaudgalyāyana rājadhānī aśūnyā abhūṣi imehi evaṃrūpehi śabdehi sayyathāpi hastiśabdehi rathaśabdehi pattiśabdehi bherīśabdehi mṛdaṅgaśabdehi paṇavaśabdehi śaṃkhaśabdehi veṇuśabdehi vīṇāśābdehi gītaśabdehi vāditraśabdehi aśnutha khādatha pibatha detha dānāni karotha puṇyāni dharme caratha śramaṇabrāhmaṇeṣu bhadram astu vaḥ ti śabdehi // dīpavatīyaṃ khalu punaḥ rājadhānīyaṃ madhye valguyā nāma yaṣṭi abhūṣi citrā darśanīyā saptānāṃ varṇānāṃ suvarṇasya rūpyasya muktāyā vaiḍūryasya sphaṭikasya musāragalvasya lohitikāyā dvādaśayojanāni udvedhena catvāri yojanāni abhiniveśena //
___arcimato khalu punaḥ mahāmaudgalyāyana rājñaḥ sudīpā nāma agramahiṣī abhūṣi prāsādikā darśanīyā akṣudrāvakāśā paramāye śubhāye varṇapuṣkalatāye samanvāgatā //
___dvādaśehi mahāmaudgalyāyana varṣehi dīpaṃkaraḥ bodhisatvo tuṣitabhavanāto cyaviṣyati
___arcimato khalu punaḥ mahāmaudgalyāyana rājñaḥ sudīpā nāma agramahiṣī abhūṣi prāsādikā darśanīyā akṣudrāvakāśā paramāye śubhāye varṇapuṣkalatāye samanvāgatā //
___dvādaśehi mahāmaudgalyāyana varṣehi dīpaṃkaraḥ bodhisatvo tuṣitabhavanāto cyaviṣyati