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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 2.120
येषामेव हितार्थाय यश्च राजाभिषिच्यते ।
स तेषां न हितं कुर्यात्स किं राजा कृतार्थहा ॥ १२० ॥ {२१}
yeṣāmeva hitārthāya yaśca rājābhiṣicyate |
sa teṣāṃ na hitaṃ kuryātsa kiṃ rājā kṛtārthahā || 120 || {21}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.120 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 (2.120). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Iva, Hita, Artha, Yah, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Abhishicya, Tad, Yushmad, Kim, Kritartha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.120). 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: “yeṣāmeva hitārthāya yaśca rājābhiṣicyate ”
- yeṣāme -
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√yeṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active first plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- hitā -
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hita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]hita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]hitā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√hi -> hita (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]√hi -> hita (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]√hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
- arthāya -
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artha (noun, masculine)[dative single]artha (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- yaś -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rājā -
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rāja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]rājan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]rājā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]rāj (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rāj (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√rāj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- abhiṣicya -
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abhiṣicya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhiṣicya (noun, neuter)[compound], [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]
- Line 2: “sa teṣāṃ na hitaṃ kuryātsa kiṃ rājā kṛtārthahā || 120 |”
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hitam -
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hita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]hita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√hi -> hita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]√hi -> hita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
- kuryāt -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[optative active third single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- rājā -
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rājā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]rājan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]rāj (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rāj (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- kṛtārtha -
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kṛtārtha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṛtārtha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- hā* -
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- Cannot analyse 120