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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 4.38
जलं चान्नं समन्वेष्टुं बभ्राम दिक्षु सर्वतः ।
तथापि सा जलं नासादयत्कुहापि वा ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}
jalaṃ cānnaṃ samanveṣṭuṃ babhrāma dikṣu sarvataḥ |
tathāpi sā jalaṃ nāsādayatkuhāpi vā || 38 || {38}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.38 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 (4.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Jala, Samat, Dish, Dikshu, Sarvatah, Sarvata, Tatha, Api, Nasa, Nas, Kuha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.38). 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: “jalaṃ cānnaṃ samanveṣṭuṃ babhrāma dikṣu sarvataḥ ”
- jalam -
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jala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- cānn -
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ca (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- am -
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a (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ā (noun, feminine)[adverb]e (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- saman -
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√sam -> samat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √sam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sam class 1 verb]
- veṣṭum -
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√viṣ -> veṣṭum (infinitive)[infinitive from √viṣ]√viṣ -> veṣṭum (infinitive)[infinitive from √viṣ]√viś -> veṣṭum (infinitive)[infinitive from √viś]
- babhrāma -
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√bhram (verb class 1)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]√bhram (verb class 4)[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
- dikṣu -
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dikṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dikṣu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]dikṣu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]diś (noun, feminine)[locative plural]
- sarvataḥ -
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sarvataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sarvata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “tathāpi sā jalaṃ nāsādayatkuhāpi vā || 38 |”
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- jalam -
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jala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nāsā -
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nāsā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nas (noun, feminine)[nominative dual]√nās (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- adayat -
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√de (verb class 1)[imperfect active third single]
- kuhā -
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kuha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kuhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- vā* -
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- Cannot analyse 38