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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 6.16
हा देव्यममृतं त्यक्त्वा किं प्रभोक्ष्यामि सांप्रतं ।
दिव्यकामसुखं भुक्त्वा पुनर्दुर्गतिमाश्रयन् ॥ १६ ॥ {१६}
hā devyamamṛtaṃ tyaktvā kiṃ prabhokṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ |
divyakāmasukhaṃ bhuktvā punardurgatimāśrayan || 16 || {16}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.16 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 (6.16). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Devya, Amrita, Kim, Prabha, Prabhu, Ukshya, Amin, Sampratam, Samprata, Divyaka, Ama, Sukham, Sukha, Bhuktva, Punar, Durgati, Ashra, Yat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.16). 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: “hā devyamamṛtaṃ tyaktvā kiṃ prabhokṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ ”
- hā* -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- devyam -
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devya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √dīv]√dīv -> devya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √dīv]√dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √dīv]√dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √dīv]√dīv -> devya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √dīv], [accusative single from √dīv]
- amṛtam -
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amṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]amṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]amṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tyaktvā -
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√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √tyaj]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- prabho -
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prabha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prabha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prabhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]prabhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]prabhu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- ukṣyā -
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√ukṣ -> ukṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √ukṣ]√ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]√ukṣ -> ukṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]√ukṣ -> ukṣyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √ukṣ class 1 verb]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sāmpratam -
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sāmpratam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sāmprata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāmprata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sāmpratā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “divyakāmasukhaṃ bhuktvā punardurgatimāśrayan || 16 |”
- divyakā -
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divyaka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- ama -
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ama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhuktvā -
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bhuktvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]
- punar -
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punar (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]punar (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- durgatim -
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durgati (noun, feminine)[accusative single]durgati (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- āśra -
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āśra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]āśra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yan -
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yat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
- Cannot analyse 16