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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 55.19
युद्धाय प्रतियास्यामि नाहं स्थानार्थम् उपाविशे ।
ताम् अहं निवर्तिष्यामि सेनां ते अनुपूर्वसः ॥ १९ ॥
yuddhāya pratiyāsyāmi nāhaṃ sthānārtham upāviśe |
tām ahaṃ nivartiṣyāmi senāṃ te anupūrvasaḥ || 19 ||
“(And I said), I shall advance to the fight; I shall not retreat to manoeuvre for position. By and by I will repel this host. (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 (55.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yuddha, Prati, Naha, Sthana, Artha, Upavi, Sha, Shi, Aha, Asmad, Sena, Tad, Yushmad, Anupurva, Sah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 55.19). 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: “yuddhāya pratiyāsyāmi nāhaṃ sthānārtham upāviśe ”
- yuddhāya -
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yuddha (noun, masculine)[dative single]yuddha (noun, neuter)[dative single]√yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)[dative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [dative single from √yudh class 4 verb]√yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)[dative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [dative single from √yudh class 4 verb]
- prati -
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prati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]prati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pratī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]pratī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]pratī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]prati (Preverb)[Preverb]
- yāsyāmi -
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√yā (verb class 2)[future active first single]
- nāham -
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nāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- sthānā -
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sthāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- upāvi -
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upāvi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]upāvī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]upāvī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]upāvī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- śe -
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śa (noun, masculine)[locative single]śa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “tām ahaṃ nivartiṣyāmi senāṃ te anupūrvasaḥ ”
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- ni -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, masculine)[adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[adverb]ni (Preverb)[Preverb]
- vartiṣyāmi -
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√vṛt (verb class 1)[future active first single]
- senām -
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senā (noun, feminine)[accusative 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]
- anupūrva -
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anupūrva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anupūrva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saḥ -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 55.19
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit