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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 7.67
नित्यं प्रव्रजतां दुःखं किं सिद्धं दुःखचर्यया ।
धर्मे वंछास्ति चेत्पुत्र गृहे स्थित्वा चर व्रतं ॥ ६७ ॥ {६७}
nityaṃ pravrajatāṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ siddhaṃ duḥkhacaryayā |
dharme vaṃchāsti cetputra gṛhe sthitvā cara vrataṃ || 67 || {67}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.67 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 (7.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Nityam, Nitya, Pra, Vrajat, Duhkham, Duhkha, Kim, Siddha, Carya, Dharma, Grih, Griha, Sthitva, Cara, Vrata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.67). 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: “nityaṃ pravrajatāṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ siddhaṃ duḥkhacaryayā ”
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- vrajatām -
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√vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)[genitive plural from √vraj class 1 verb]√vraj -> vrajat (participle, neuter)[genitive plural from √vraj class 1 verb]√vraj (verb class 1)[imperative active third dual]
- duḥkham -
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duḥkham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]duḥkha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]duḥkhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- siddham -
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siddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]siddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]siddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sidh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sidh class 4 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √sidh class 1 verb]√sidh -> siddha (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √sidh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
- duḥkha -
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duḥkha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- caryayā -
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caryā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “dharme vaṃchāsti cetputra gṛhe sthitvā cara vrataṃ || 67 |”
- dharme -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[locative single]dharmā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse vañchāsti*ce
- Cannot analyse cetputra*gṛ
- gṛhe -
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gṛh (noun, masculine)[dative single]gṛh (noun, neuter)[dative single]gṛhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sthitvā -
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sthitvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√sthā -> sthitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √sthā]
- cara -
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cara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√car (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- vratam -
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vrata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vrata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse 67