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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 112.35
तन् ते हं कीर्तयिष्यामि गाथाये अनुपूर्वशः ।
श्रोत्रं मो दत्त्वा सक्तृत्यं शृणोहि मम भाषतो ॥ ३५ ॥
tan te haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi gāthāye anupūrvaśaḥ |
śrotraṃ mo dattvā saktṛtyaṃ śṛṇohi mama bhāṣato || 35 ||
All this I shall tell you of duly in verse. Give ear and attentively listen to me as I speak. (35)
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 (112.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tan, Tad, Yushmad, Ham, Anupurvashah, Shrotra, Dattva, Asmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 112.35). 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: “tan te haṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi gāthāye anupūrvaśaḥ ”
- tan -
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tan (noun, masculine)[vocative 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]
- 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]
- kīrtayiṣyāmi -
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√kīrt (verb class 10)[future active first single]
- gāthāye -
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- anupūrvaśaḥ -
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anupūrvaśaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “śrotraṃ mo dattvā saktṛtyaṃ śṛṇohi mama bhāṣato ”
- śrotram -
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śrotra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mo* -
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ma (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dattvā -
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dattvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√dā -> dattvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dā]√dā -> dattvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dā]√dad -> dattvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dad]
- Cannot analyse saktṛtyam*śṛ
- Cannot analyse śṛṇohi*ma
- mama -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]√mā (verb class 2)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 3)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√mā (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- Cannot analyse bhāṣato
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 112.35
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit