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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 2.23
तैरेवं याच्यमानानां देवतानं न कश्चन ।
एको ऽप्यासीत्तदा त्राता वाणिजां दुःखभागिनां ॥ २३ ॥ {२४}
tairevaṃ yācyamānānāṃ devatānaṃ na kaścana |
eko 'pyāsīttadā trātā vāṇijāṃ duḥkhabhāgināṃ || 23 || {24}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.23 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 (2.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Taira, Yacyamana, Devata, Kah, Cana, Eka, Api, Apya, Tada, Trata, Vanija, Duhkhabhagin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.23). 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: “tairevaṃ yācyamānānāṃ devatānaṃ na kaścana ”
- taire -
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taira (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- vam -
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va (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]va (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vā (noun, feminine)[adverb]ve (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- yācyamānānām -
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√yāc -> yācyamāna (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √yāc class 1 verb]√yāc -> yācyamāna (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √yāc class 1 verb]√yāc -> yācyamānā (participle, feminine)[genitive plural from √yāc class 1 verb]
- devatān -
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devata (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ap (noun, feminine)[compound]ap (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaś -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cana -
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cana (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√can (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “eko 'pyāsīttadā trātā vāṇijāṃ duḥkhabhāgināṃ || 23 |”
- eko' -
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eka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- apyā -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]apya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ap (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]apyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]apyā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- āsīt -
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√ās (verb class 2)[aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]√as (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- trātā* -
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trāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]trātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√trai -> trāta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √trai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √trai class 1 verb]√trai -> trātā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √trai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √trai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √trai class 1 verb]
- vāṇijā -
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vāṇija (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- duḥkhabhāginām -
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duḥkhabhāgin (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]duḥkhabhāgin (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- Cannot analyse 23