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 26.19

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अथ भगवां पुरुषचन्द्रो तान् अभिनिर्मिणे संबुद्धान् ऋद्धिं ।
भगवां विदर्शये न च अन्यमन्यस्य पश्यन्ति ॥ १९ ॥

atha bhagavāṃ puruṣacandro tān abhinirmiṇe saṃbuddhān ṛddhiṃ |
bhagavāṃ vidarśaye na ca anyamanyasya paśyanti || 19 ||

Then the Exalted One, the moon-like man, conjured up by magic these many Buddhas. The Exalted One made them appear, but the crowd did not see one another’s Buddha. (19)
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 (26.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Bhagavan, Purusha, Sambuddha, Riddhi, Vid, Vida, Risha, Yah, Yat, Anya, Pashyanti, Pashyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 26.19). 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: “atha bhagavāṃ puruṣacandro tān abhinirmiṇe saṃbuddhān ṛddhiṃ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhagavā -
bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

bhagavan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
puruṣa -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
candro -
tān -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Cannot analyse abhinirmiṇe*sa
sambuddhān -
sambuddha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
ṛddhim -
ṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “bhagavāṃ vidarśaye na ca anyamanyasya paśyanti ”
bhagavā -
bhagavan (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

bhagavan (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
vidar -
vida (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vida (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vid (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vid (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vidā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active second plural]
ṛśa -
ṛśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
anyam -
anya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
anyasya -
anya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
paśyanti -
paśyantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 26.19

The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)

Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit

Last Updated: 09 May, 2019