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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 76.172
सूत्रान्ते वैय्याकरणाभिगीतो विद्याविमुक्तिप्रतिबोधनो हं ।
सोभाम्य् अहं भिक्षुसंघमध्ये ब्रह्मा व साहस्रगतान मध्ये ॥ १७२ ॥
sūtrānte vaiyyākaraṇābhigīto vidyāvimuktipratibodhano haṃ |
sobhāmy ahaṃ bhikṣusaṃghamadhye brahmā va sāhasragatāna madhye || 172 ||
“I am now sung in Discourse and Exposition. And awake to that release which knowledge brings, I shine among the monks like Brahma among the peoples of the universe.” (172)
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 (76.172). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sutranta, Akara, Abhigita, Vidyavimukti, Pratibodhana, Ham, Aha, Asmad, Bhikshusangha, Adhi, Brahma, Sahasra, Gata, Madhye, Madhya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 76.172). 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: “sūtrānte vaiyyākaraṇābhigīto vidyāvimuktipratibodhano haṃ ”
- sūtrānte -
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sūtrānta (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vai -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[present middle first single], [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
- aiyyā -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- ākara -
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ākara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ṇā -
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ṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- abhigīto* -
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abhigīta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vidyāvimukti -
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vidyāvimukti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vidyāvimukti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vidyāvimukti (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pratibodhano* -
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pratibodhana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ham -
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ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- Line 2: “sobhāmy ahaṃ bhikṣusaṃghamadhye brahmā va sāhasragatāna madhye ”
- Cannot analyse sobhāmy*ah
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- bhikṣusaṅgham -
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bhikṣusaṅgha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- adhye -
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adhī (noun, masculine)[dative single]
- brahmā* -
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brahma (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]brahmā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sāhasra -
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sāhasra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāhasra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gatān -
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gata (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- madhye -
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madhye (indeclinable)[indeclinable]madhya (noun, masculine)[locative single]madhya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]madhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 76.172
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit