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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 4.34
भ्रमन्ती जलमार्गन्ती जलाश्रयेषु सर्वतः ।
नदीकूपतडागादिनुदपानजलाश्रयान् ॥ ३४ ॥ {३४}
bhramantī jalamārgantī jalāśrayeṣu sarvataḥ |
nadīkūpataḍāgādinudapānajalāśrayān || 34 || {34}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.34 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 (4.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bhramat, Bhramanti, Jala, Arc, Anti, Jalashraya, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Nadi, Nadin, Kupat, Aga, Panaja, Ashraya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.34). 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: “bhramantī jalamārgantī jalāśrayeṣu sarvataḥ ”
- bhramantī -
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bhramantī (noun, masculine)[compound]bhramantī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]bhramat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- jalam -
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jala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ā -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- arg -
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arc (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- antī -
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antī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]anti (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- jalāśrayeṣu -
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jalāśraya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- sarvataḥ -
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sarvataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarvata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “nadīkūpataḍāgādinudapānajalāśrayān || 34 |”
- nadī -
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nadī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]nadi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]nadi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]nadin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kūpat -
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kūpat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aḍā -
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√aḍ (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- agād -
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aga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]aga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√gā (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single], [aorist active third single]√gā (verb class 3)[aorist active third single]√gā (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- inu -
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inu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- da -
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da (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]da (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pānaja -
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pānaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pānaja (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- lā -
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la (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]lā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśrayān -
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āśraya (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse 34