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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 7.57
हा सुत वंच्यसे केन हा तात किं नु वांछसि ।
हा जीव कथमेकान्ते त्यक्त्वास्मान् क्व नु यास्यसे ॥ ५७ ॥ {५७}
hā suta vaṃcyase kena hā tāta kiṃ nu vāṃchasi |
hā jīva kathamekānte tyaktvāsmān kva nu yāsyase || 57 || {57}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.57 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 (7.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Han, Suta, Kena, Kah, Kim, Tata, Jiva, Jivan, Katham, Katha, Ekanta, Asmad, Asma, Kva, Yasya, Asi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.57). 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 suta vaṃcyase kena hā tāta kiṃ nu vāṃchasi ”
- hā -
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hā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]han (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- suta -
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suta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]suta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√su -> suta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]√su -> suta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √su class 5 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sū class 6 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]√sū -> suta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sū class 2 verb]√su (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- vañcyase -
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√vañc (verb class 0)[present passive second single]
- kena -
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kena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ka (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ka (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- hā -
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hā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]han (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- tāta -
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tāta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- nu -
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nu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vāñchasi -
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√vāñch (verb class 1)[present active second single]
- Line 2: “hā jīva kathamekānte tyaktvāsmān kva nu yāsyase || 57 |”
- hā* -
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ha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]hā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- jīva -
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jīva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jīva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jīvan (noun, masculine)[compound]jīvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√jīv (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ekānte -
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ekānta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ekānta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ekāntā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tyaktvā -
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√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √tyaj]
- asmān -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[accusative plural]asma (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- kva -
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kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- nu -
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nu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yāsya -
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√yas -> yāsya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √yas class 4 verb]√yas -> yāsya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √yas class 4 verb]√yā (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- ase -
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asi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]asi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Cannot analyse 57