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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 87.75
दीपंकरो महाप्राज्ञो जातीये आसि क्षत्रियो ।
सर्वाभिभू दशबलो सो जातीये आसि ब्राह्मणो ॥ ७५ ॥
dīpaṃkaro mahāprājño jātīye āsi kṣatriyo |
sarvābhibhū daśabalo so jātīye āsi brāhmaṇo || 75 ||
“The greatly wise Dipamkara was by birth a noble. The Dashabala Sarvabhibhu was by birth a brahman. (75)
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 (87.75). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dipankara, Mahaprajna, Jatiya, Kshatri, Sah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 87.75). 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: “dīpaṃkaro mahāprājño jātīye āsi kṣatriyo ”
- dīpaṅkaro* -
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dīpaṅkara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mahāprājño* -
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mahāprājña (noun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- kṣatri -
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kṣatrī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]kṣatrin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- yo -
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yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “sarvābhibhū daśabalo so jātīye āsi brāhmaṇo ”
- sarvābhibhū -
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sarvābhibhū (noun, masculine)[compound]
- daśabalo -
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- so* -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative 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]
- āsi -
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√ās (verb class 2)[imperfect middle first single]
- Cannot analyse brāhmaṇo
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 87.75
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit