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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 4.9
राजानो राजमात्राश्च ब्राह्मणाश्च महाजनाः ।
मंत्रिणो श्रेष्ठिनश्चापि सार्थवाहाश्च पौरिकाः ॥ ९ ॥ {९}
rājāno rājamātrāśca brāhmaṇāśca mahājanāḥ |
maṃtriṇo śreṣṭhinaścāpi sārthavāhāśca paurikāḥ || 9 || {9}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.9 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 (4.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Rajan, Rajana, Rajamatra, Brahmana, Mahajana, Shreshthin, Capin, Capi, Sarthavaha, Paurika,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.9). 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: “rājāno rājamātrāśca brāhmaṇāśca mahājanāḥ ”
- rājāno* -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]rājāna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- rājamātrāś -
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rājamātra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]rājamātrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- brāhmaṇāś -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mahājanāḥ -
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mahājana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mahājanā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “maṃtriṇo śreṣṭhinaścāpi sārthavāhāśca paurikāḥ || 9 |”
- mantriṇo -
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- śreṣṭhinaś -
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śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]śreṣṭhin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sārthavāhāś -
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sārthavāha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- paurikāḥ -
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paurika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]paurikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse 9