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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 75.87
ज्ञातयो च मो वदेथ देथ दानानि मारिष ।
मा च वो चित्तम् उत्पद्ये समुद्रम् अवगाहितुं ॥ ८७ ॥
jñātayo ca mo vadetha detha dānāni māriṣa |
mā ca vo cittam utpadye samudram avagāhituṃ || 87 ||
“And there bid our kinsfolk do acts of charity, my friends. Bid them think no more of going down to the sea. (87)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
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Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “jñātayo ca mo vadetha detha dānāni māriṣa ”
- jñātayo -
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- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mo* -
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ma (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vadet -
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√vad (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- de -
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da (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]da (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]dā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single], [dative single]
- itha -
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√i (verb class 2)[present active second plural]
- dānāni -
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dāna (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√dān (verb class 1)[imperative active first single]
- māriṣa -
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māriṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- Line 2: “mā ca vo cittam utpadye samudram avagāhituṃ ”
- mā -
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mā (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vo -
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- cittam -
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citta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]citta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√cit (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- Cannot analyse utpadye*sa
- samudram -
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samudra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]samudra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]samudrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- avag -
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√vac (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
- ā -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ahitum -
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√ah -> ahitum (infinitive)[infinitive from √ah]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 75.87
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit