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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 3.29
दानेन शुद्ध्यते चित्तं शुद्धचित्तो भवेत्सुधिः ।
सुधिया साध्यते शीलं शीलवान् स्याच्छुभंकरी ॥ २९ ॥ {२९}
dānena śuddhyate cittaṃ śuddhacitto bhavetsudhiḥ |
sudhiyā sādhyate śīlaṃ śīlavān syācchubhaṃkarī || 29 || {29}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.29 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 (3.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dana, Shuddhi, Citta, Shuddha, Dhi, Sudhi, Sadhyata, Sadhyat, Shil, Shila, Shilavat, Syat, Sya, Shubhankari,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.29). 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: “dānena śuddhyate cittaṃ śuddhacitto bhavetsudhiḥ ”
- dānena -
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dāna (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]dāna (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- śuddhya -
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śuddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ate -
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- cittam -
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citta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]citta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cittā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√cit (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- śuddha -
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śuddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- citto* -
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citta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√cit (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhiḥ -
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dhi (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “sudhiyā sādhyate śīlaṃ śīlavān syācchubhaṃkarī || 29 |”
- sudhiyā -
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sudhī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]sudhī (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- sādhyate -
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sādhyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]√sādh (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√sādh (verb class 4)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]√sādh (verb class 5)[present passive third single]√sidh (verb class 0)[present passive third single]
- śīlam -
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śīla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śīla (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śīlā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śīl (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śīlavān -
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śīlavat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- syācch -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- śubhaṅkarī -
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śubhaṅkarī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 29