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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 44.8
यस्मिं प्रवुत्थे दुःखिता ते माता भवति दुर्मना ।
ते तं माता च मार्गते कहिं सो अमरे गतो ॥ ८ ॥
yasmiṃ pravutthe duḥkhitā te mātā bhavati durmanā |
te taṃ mātā ca mārgate kahiṃ so amare gato || 8 ||
Where is he gone, Amara, at whose absence your mother is unhappy and disconsolate, and is seeking him high and low? (8)
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 (44.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Duhkhita, Tad, Yushmad, Mata, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Durmana, Tap, Matri, Margat, Margata, Amara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 44.8). 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: “yasmiṃ pravutthe duḥkhitā te mātā bhavati durmanā ”
- Cannot analyse yasmim*pr
- Cannot analyse pravutthe*du
- duḥkhitā -
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duḥkhitā (noun, feminine)[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]
- mātā* -
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māta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhavati -
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bhavatī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]bhavat (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhavat (noun, neuter)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, masculine)[locative single]bhavant (pronoun, neuter)[locative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- durmanā -
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durmanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “te taṃ mātā ca mārgate kahiṃ so amare gato ”
- 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]
- 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]tap (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]tap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- mātā -
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mātṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]mātā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]mātṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√mā (verb class 2)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 4)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 3)[periphrastic-future active third single]√mā (verb class 1)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mārgate -
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√mārg -> mārgat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √mārg class 1 verb]√mārg -> mārgat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √mārg class 1 verb]mārgata (noun, masculine)[locative single]mārgata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Cannot analyse kahim*so
- so -
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so (noun, feminine)[compound]
- amare -
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amara (noun, masculine)[locative single]amarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√mṛ (verb class 1)[imperfect middle first single]
- Cannot analyse gato
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 44.8
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit