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 24.11

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उत्तरानुचरा जनता अशीतिं आसि कोटियो ।
सर्वे ते निरवशेषा अभूत् बुद्धस्य श्रावकाः ॥ ११ ॥

uttarānucarā janatā aśītiṃ āsi koṭiyo |
sarve te niravaśeṣā abhūt buddhasya śrāvakāḥ || 11 ||

Uttara’s subjects were eighty kotis of men, and all these without exception became disciples of the Buddha. (11)
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 (24.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttara, Anucara, Janata, Ashiti, Koti, Sarva, Tad, Yushmad, Niravashesha, Buddha, Shravaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 24.11). 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: “uttarānucarā janatā aśītiṃ āsi koṭiyo ”
uttarā -
uttarā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

uttara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

uttara (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

uttarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anucarā* -
anucara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anucarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
janatā* -
janatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
aśītim -
aśīti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
āsi -
√ās (verb class 2)

[imperfect middle first single]
koṭi -
koṭi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

koṭī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
yo -
yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
Line 2: “sarve te niravaśeṣā abhūt buddhasya śrāvakāḥ ”
sarve -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
niravaśeṣā* -
niravaśeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

niravaśeṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
abhūt -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
buddhasya -
buddha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

buddha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
śrāvakāḥ -
śrāvaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 24.11

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019