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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).
Section 2.474
likhati yathā sudarśanā jāneyā kuśasyaitaṃ karman ti // tehi dāni śaṃkhagajadakārehi yaṃ kālaṃ sarvāṇi kṛtāni yathāṇattāni rājño mahendrakasya upanāmitāni // rājā taṃ kuśasya karmaṃ dṛṣṭvā udāraśobhanaṃ sukṛtaṃ rājārhaṃ vismayam āpannaḥ / aho yādṛśānīmāni kuśalenācāryaputreṇa kṛtāni // kumārāmātyehi pi abhilakṣitāni rājapuruṣehi pi abhilakṣitāni kuśena kṛtāni śaṃkhagajadantabhāṇḍāni dṛṣṭvā vismayam āpannāḥ // imāni kuśalenācāryaputreṇa kṛtāni // rājñā mahendreṇa varṣavarāṇāṃ kāṃcukīyānāṃ ca haste tāny ābharaṇāni bhājanāni ca preṣitāni / gacchatha antaḥpuraṃ praveśetha mahādevīye dhītuś ca me sudarśanāye yathābhiprāyaṃ prathamaṃ detha tataḥ paścād anyāsāṃ devīnām antaḥpurikānāṃ ca // te dāni varṣavarā kāṃcukīyā tāny ābharaṇāni bhājanāni ca gṛhya antaḥpuraṃ praveśitāni mahādevīye upanāmitāni / devi imāni te śaṃkhagajadantamayāni ābharaṇāni bhājanāni ca rājñā preṣitāni tvaṃ ca dhītā ca te sudarśanā pūrvaṃ yathāmiprāyaṃ gṛhṇatha paścād aparāṇāṃ devīnāṃ dīṣyati sarvāsāñ ca antaḥpurikānāṃ // sā dāni sudarśanā tāni śaṃkhagajadantamayāni ābharaṇāni bhājanāni dṛṣṭvā yan teṣāṃ sukṛtaṃ suniṣṭhitaṃ kalyāṇaṃ śobhanaṃ kalyāṇācāryaputreṇa kṛtakaṃ dṛṣṭvā haste praṇāmitaṃ gṛhṇīṣyanti yāvat paśyati kuśasya nāmakaṃ ṣ tasyaivaṃ bhavati / kuśasyaitaṃ karmaṃ ti / sā dāni taṃ mellitvā anyāni prākṛtakāni kuśilpikṛtāni gṛhṇāti // sā dāni sudarśanā mātare vuccati bhaginīhi ca antarpurikāhi ca varṣavarehi ca kāṃcukīyehi ca vuccati // sudarśane kiṃ tvaṃ edṛśīkā