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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 27.49
समीक्षियान कथय रात्रौ वा यदि वा दिवा ।
उपश्रोता हि तिष्ठन्ति ते श्रुत्वा विकरेन्सु ते ॥ ४९ ॥
samīkṣiyāna kathaya rātrau vā yadi vā divā |
upaśrotā hi tiṣṭhanti te śrutvā vikarensu te || 49 ||
“Speak, whether by day or by night, only after due deliberation; for men stand about to listen, and will use what they hear to confound you. (49)
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 (27.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Samin, Sami, Kshiya, Ana, Ratrau, Ratra, Var, Yadi, Yad, Diva, Div, Divan, Upashrotri, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Tad, Yushmad, Vikara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 27.49). 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: “samīkṣiyāna kathaya rātrau vā yadi vā divā ”
- samī -
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samī (noun, masculine)[compound]samī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]samin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kṣiyā -
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kṣiyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√kṣi (verb class 6)[imperative active second single]
- ana -
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ana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kathaya -
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√kath (verb class 10)[imperative active second single]
- rātrau -
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rātrau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]rātra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- divā -
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divā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]div (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]divan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]divā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “upaśrotā hi tiṣṭhanti te śrutvā vikarensu te ”
- upaśrotā -
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upaśrotṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- tiṣṭhanti -
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tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)[adverb]tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]√sthā (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- 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]
- śrutvā -
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√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √śru]
- vikare -
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vikara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]vikara (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vikarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- īn -
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i (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 27.49
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit