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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 44.7
पिता ते वर्षत्रिंशत्को नेलायको पितामहो ।
दशवर्षासि जातीये एवं धारेमि दारिके ॥ ७ ॥
pitā te varṣatriṃśatko nelāyako pitāmaho |
daśavarṣāsi jātīye evaṃ dhāremi dārike || 7 ||
Your father is thirty years old, your grandfather is..., and you are ten years of age. Thus, my girl, do I gather. (7)
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 (44.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pitri, Tad, Yushmad, Varsha, Nela, Ahu, Dashavarsha, Asi, Jatiya, Evam, Eva, Dha, Darika,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “pitā te varṣatriṃśatko nelāyako pitāmaho ”
- pitā -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]
- te -
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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]
- varṣa -
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varṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]varṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vṛṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- triṃśatko -
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- nelāya -
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nela (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- ko -
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ku (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- pitām -
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√pi (verb class 2)[imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
- aho -
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ahu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ahu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “daśavarṣāsi jātīye evaṃ dhāremi dārike ”
- daśavarṣā -
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daśavarṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]daśavarṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]daśavarṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- jātīye -
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jātīya (noun, masculine)[locative single]jātīya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jātīyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhā -
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dhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]dhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- re -
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ṛ (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [dative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [dative single]ra (noun, masculine)[locative single]ra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]rā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- emi -
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√i (verb class 2)[present active first single]
- dārike -
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dārikā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dārika (noun, masculine)[locative single]dārika (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 44.7
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit