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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 5.8
वैश्याः शूद्रा अमात्याश्च मंत्रिणः साधवो जनाः ।
श्रेष्ठिनः सार्थवाहाश्च धनिनश्च वणिग्गणाः ॥ ८ ॥ {८}
vaiśyāḥ śūdrā amātyāśca maṃtriṇaḥ sādhavo janāḥ |
śreṣṭhinaḥ sārthavāhāśca dhaninaśca vaṇiggaṇāḥ || 8 || {8}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.8 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 (5.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vaishya, Shudra, Amatya, Mantrin, Mantri, Sadhu, Jana, Shreshthin, Sarthavaha, Dhanin, Dhani, Vanij, Gana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.8). 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: “vaiśyāḥ śūdrā amātyāśca maṃtriṇaḥ sādhavo janāḥ ”
- vaiśyāḥ -
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vaiśya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vaiśyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- śūdrā* -
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śūdra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śūdrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- amātyāś -
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amātya (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]
- mantriṇaḥ -
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mantrin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]mantrin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]mantrī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- sādhavo* -
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sādhu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- janāḥ -
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jana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]janā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “śreṣṭhinaḥ sārthavāhāśca dhaninaśca vaṇiggaṇāḥ || 8 |”
- śreṣṭhinaḥ -
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śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]śreṣṭhin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive 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]
- dhaninaś -
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dhanin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]dhanin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]dhanī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vaṇig -
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vaṇij (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- gaṇāḥ -
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gaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]gaṇā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse 8