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Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit]
83,177 words | ISBN-10: 8172702957 | ISBN-13: 9788172702953
The Sanskrit edition of the Ratnamalavadana: a collection of Buddhist stories (avadana) belonging to the Mahayana tradition. Literally, “a garland of precious gems” or “a collection of edifying tales”, these 38 stories revolve around king Ashoka and the monk Upagupta. Original titles: Ratnamālāvadāna (रत्नमालावदान), Ratnamālā-āvadāna (रत्नमाला-आवदान, Ratnamala-avadana)
Verse 1.17
अमात्याः साधवः शूद्राः सार्थवाहा महाजनाः ।
धनिनो वणिजश्चापि गृहस्थाः पौरिका अपि ॥ १७ ॥ {१६}
amātyāḥ sādhavaḥ śūdrāḥ sārthavāhā mahājanāḥ |
dhanino vaṇijaścāpi gṛhasthāḥ paurikā api || 17 || {16}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.17 is contained in the book Ratnamalavadana by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:
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Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Amatya, Sadhu, Shudra, Sarthavaha, Mahajana, Dhanin, Dhani, Vanij, Vanija, Capin, Capi, Grihastha, Paurika, Api,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.17). 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: “amātyāḥ sādhavaḥ śūdrāḥ sārthavāhā mahājanāḥ ”
- amātyāḥ -
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amātya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- sādhavaḥ -
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sādhu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- śūdrāḥ -
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śūdra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śūdrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sārthavāhā* -
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sārthavāha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- mahājanāḥ -
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mahājana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mahājanā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “dhanino vaṇijaścāpi gṛhasthāḥ paurikā api || 17 |”
- dhanino* -
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dhanin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]dhanin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]dhanī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- vaṇijaś -
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vaṇij (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]vaṇija (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- gṛhasthāḥ -
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gṛhastha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]gṛhasthā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- paurikā* -
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paurika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]paurikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Cannot analyse 17