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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 1.156
एवं प्रवर्त्तयन्धर्मं शास्ता लोकाधिपो भवेत् ।
सर्वलोकहितं कुर्वन्महत्पुण्यैः समृद्धितः ॥ १५६ ॥ {४६}
evaṃ pravarttayandharmaṃ śāstā lokādhipo bhavet |
sarvalokahitaṃ kurvanmahatpuṇyaiḥ samṛddhitaḥ || 156 || {46}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.156 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 (1.156). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Evam, Eva, Pra, Vartta, Yat, Yah, Dharma, Shasta, Lokadhipa, Sarvalokahita, Kurvat, Mahat, Punya, Samriddhin, Tas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.156). 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: “evaṃ pravarttayandharmaṃ śāstā lokādhipo bhavet ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vartta -
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vartta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vartta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yan -
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yat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[accusative single]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śāstā* -
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√śās -> śāsta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb]√śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
- lokādhipo* -
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lokādhipa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “sarvalokahitaṃ kurvanmahatpuṇyaiḥ samṛddhitaḥ || 156 |”
- sarvalokahitam -
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sarvalokahita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarvalokahita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kurvan -
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kurvat (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]kurvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
- mahat -
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atimahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- puṇyaiḥ -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]puṇya (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[instrumental plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[instrumental plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- samṛddhi -
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samṛddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]samṛddhin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]samṛddhin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- taḥ -
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tas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 156