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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 4.109
जलपानं विना सर्वे न जीवन्ति हि जन्तवः ।
तदमृतं जलं शुद्धं दातव्यमर्थिने सदा ॥ १०९ ॥ {१००}
jalapānaṃ vinā sarve na jīvanti hi jantavaḥ |
tadamṛtaṃ jalaṃ śuddhaṃ dātavyamarthine sadā || 109 || {100}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.109 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 (4.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Jalapana, Vina, Sarva, Jivanti, Jivat, Jantu, Tadam, Tada, Ritam, Rita, Jala, Shuddha, Datavya, Arthin, Arthi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.109). 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: “jalapānaṃ vinā sarve na jīvanti hi jantavaḥ ”
- jalapānam -
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jalapāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vinā -
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vinā (indeclinable postposition)[indeclinable postposition]vi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vi (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]vinā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jīvanti -
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jīvanti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]jīvantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jīvat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- jantavaḥ -
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jantu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “tadamṛtaṃ jalaṃ śuddhaṃ dātavyamarthine sadā || 109 |”
- tadam -
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tadam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tadā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tada (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]tada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ṛtam -
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ṛtam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- jalam -
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jala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- śuddham -
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śuddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śuddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śuddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śudh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- dātavyam -
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dātavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dātavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dātavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- arthine -
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arthin (noun, masculine)[dative single]arthin (noun, neuter)[dative single]arthī (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- sadā* -
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- Cannot analyse 109