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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bodhisatve khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigate devasaṃghāḥ sukharātriṃ sukhadivasaṃ pṛcchakā āgacchanti / tāṃ ca bodhisatvo abhinandati dakṣiṇakaram utkṣipya mātaram abādhamāno // bodhisatvaṃ khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigataṃ devā nāgā yakṣā dānavā rākṣasā piśācā na jahanti divā vā rātriṃ vā na cātra āsaṃgakathā kathīyati kāmopasaṃhitā vā anyā vā asatyā kathā / nānyatra bodhisatvavarṇam eva bhāṣanti rūpataḥ sattvatas tejataḥ varṇataḥ yaśataḥ kuśalamūlataḥ // bodhisatvasya mātuḥ kukṣigatasya pūjā noparamati // divyāni tūryāṇi vādyanti divyāni agurudhūpani dhūpenti divyaṃ puṣpavarṣaṃ varṣati divyaṃ cūrṇaṃ varṣati // apsarasahasrāṇi ca upagāyanti upanṛtyanti pi // bodhisatve khalu punar mahāmaudgalyāyana mātuḥ kukṣigate bodhisatvamātāṃ devakanyāsahasrehi sārdhaṃ abhyābhavati hāsyaṃ ca kathā ca // prasuptāṃ ca punar bodhisatvamātaraṃ devakanyā māndāravadāmena parivījenti bodhisatvasya tejena // ayaṃ ca punar mahāmaudgalyāyana trisāhasramahāsahasrāyāṃ lokadhātūyam anuttarā garbhāvakrāntipāramitā //
anyaṃ ca dāni paśyatha āścaryaṃ tasyā devaparṣāye /
tāva vipulāye yā kathā abhū paramaharṣasaṃjananī //
na ca kāmakathānyā vā nāpy apsarasāṃ kathā na gītakathā /
na ca vādyakathā teṣāṃ na pi bhuktakathā na pānakathā //
nābharaṇakathā teṣāṃ na pi vastrakathā pravartati kadācit* /

Last Updated: 02 August, 2021