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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 3.26
वृद्धो ऽप्ययं भवेन्नूनं दरिद्रो ऽपि भवेत्तथा ।
तदा किं परिभुक्त्वैवं गृहे तिस्थेत्कथं सुखी ॥ २६ ॥ {२६}
vṛddho 'pyayaṃ bhavennūnaṃ daridro 'pi bhavettathā |
tadā kiṃ paribhuktvaivaṃ gṛhe tisthetkathaṃ sukhī || 26 || {26}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.26 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 (3.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vriddha, Apyaya, Nunam, Daridra, Api, Tatha, Tada, Kim, Pari, Bhuktva, Evam, Eva, Grih, Griha, Sukhi, Sukhin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.26). 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: “vṛddho 'pyayaṃ bhavennūnaṃ daridro 'pi bhavettathā ”
- vṛddho' -
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vṛddha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
- apyayam -
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apyaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- bhaven -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- nūnam -
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nūnam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- daridro' -
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daridra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “tadā kiṃ paribhuktvaivaṃ gṛhe tisthetkathaṃ sukhī || 26 |”
- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- pari -
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pari (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]pari (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pari (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]pari (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]parī (noun, masculine)[adverb]parī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]parī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhuktvai -
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bhuktvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]
- 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]
- gṛhe -
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gṛh (noun, masculine)[dative single]gṛh (noun, neuter)[dative single]gṛhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse tisthetkatham*su
- sukhī -
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sukhī (noun, masculine)[compound]sukhī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]sukhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 26