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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 17.89
निष्क्रम्य नगरवरातो अवलोकयि पुरवरं पुरुषसिंहो ।
न तं पुनर् अहं प्रवेक्ष्यम् अप्राप्य जरामरणपारम् इति ॥ ८९ ॥
niṣkramya nagaravarāto avalokayi puravaraṃ puruṣasiṃho |
na taṃ punar ahaṃ pravekṣyam aprāpya jarāmaraṇapāram iti || 89 ||
When he had withdrawn from the fair city, the lion-hearted man looked down on the goodly citadel, and said, “I shall not enter it again before I have passed beyond the power of old age and death.” (89)
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 (17.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nagara, Vara, Ava, Uksh, Ayi, Ayin, Puravara, Punar, Aha, Asmad, Prava, Ikshya, Aprapya, Jaramarana, Para, Iti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 17.89). 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: “niṣkramya nagaravarāto avalokayi puravaraṃ puruṣasiṃho ”
- Cannot analyse niṣkramya*na
- nagara -
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nagara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nagara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- varā -
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vara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]varā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vṛ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- ato -
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- ava -
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ava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[compound]√av (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√u (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- lo -
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la (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lo (noun, masculine)[compound]lā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- uk -
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ukṣ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]ukṣ (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ayi -
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ayi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ayin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ayin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]e (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- puravaram -
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puravara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse puruṣasiṃho
- Line 2: “na taṃ punar ahaṃ pravekṣyam aprāpya jarāmaraṇapāram iti ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- punar -
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punar (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]punar (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- prave -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]pravā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√pru (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- īkṣyam -
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√īkṣ -> īkṣya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb]√īkṣ -> īkṣya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √īkṣ class 1 verb]
- aprāpya -
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aprāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]aprāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jarāmaraṇa -
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jarāmaraṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jarāmaraṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pāram -
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pāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pārā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 17.89
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit