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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 8.49
दुष्टवाग्निशितं शस्त्रं रागो हालहलं विषं ।
द्वेषः प्रज्वलितो वह्निरविद्या दारुणं तमः ॥ ४९ ॥ {४९}
duṣṭavāgniśitaṃ śastraṃ rāgo hālahalaṃ viṣaṃ |
dveṣaḥ prajvalito vahniravidyā dāruṇaṃ tamaḥ || 49 || {49}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.49 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 (8.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dushta, Shita, Shastra, Raga, Halahala, Vish, Visha, Dvesha, Dveshas, Prajvalita, Vahni, Avidya, Daruna, Tama, Tamas,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.49). 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: “duṣṭavāgniśitaṃ śastraṃ rāgo hālahalaṃ viṣaṃ ”
- duṣṭa -
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duṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]duṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- agni -
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agni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- śitam -
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śita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śā -> śita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √śā class 4 verb]√śā -> śita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √śā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √śā class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śā class 4 verb]
- śastram -
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śastra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śastra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- rāgo* -
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rāga (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- hālahalam -
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hālahala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- viṣam -
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viṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]viṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]viṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]viṣ (noun, feminine)[accusative single]viṣ (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “dveṣaḥ prajvalito vahniravidyā dāruṇaṃ tamaḥ || 49 |”
- dveṣaḥ -
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dveṣas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dveṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- prajvalito* -
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prajvalita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vahnir -
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vahni (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- avidyā* -
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avidya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]avidyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dāruṇam -
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dāruṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dāruṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dāruṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tamaḥ -
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tamas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]tama (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 49