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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 7.48
साधु साधु धुतधर्मकोविदा शास्तु शासनकरा अनन्यथा ।
भाषसे गुणम् अनन्तबुद्धिनो जेतवने नरमरू सुतोषिता ॥ ४८ ॥
sādhu sādhu dhutadharmakovidā śāstu śāsanakarā ananyathā |
bhāṣase guṇam anantabuddhino jetavane naramarū sutoṣitā || 48 ||
“Hail, hail to him who is an expert in piety, who is the infallible expositor of the Master’s teaching. You have proclaimed the worth of him whose wisdom is infinite. Men and devas have found joy in the excellent Conqueror. (48)
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 (7.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sadhu, Dhuta, Dharmaka, Vid, Vida, Shasanakara, Ananyatha, Guna, Anantabuddhi, Jetavana, Nara, Aru, Sut, Suta, Ushita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 7.48). 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: “sādhu sādhu dhutadharmakovidā śāstu śāsanakarā ananyathā ”
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dhuta -
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dhuta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dhuta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dharmako -
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dharmaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vidā -
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vid (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vid (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vidā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śāstu -
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√śās (verb class 2)[imperative active third single]
- śāsanakarā* -
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śāsanakara (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ananyathā -
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ananyathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “bhāṣase guṇam anantabuddhino jetavane naramarū sutoṣitā ”
- bhāṣase -
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√bhāṣ (verb class 1)[present middle second single]
- guṇam -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]guṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- anantabuddhino* -
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anantabuddhi (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- jetavane -
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jetavana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- naram -
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nara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]narā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- arū -
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aru (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- suto -
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suta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]suta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sut (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sut (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sutā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√su -> suta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> suta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> sutā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> sutā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]√sū -> sutā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]√su (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- uṣitā -
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uṣitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vas -> uṣitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vas class 1 verb]√vas -> uṣitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vas class 6 verb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 7.48
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit