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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 8.55
अज्ञानेनावृतो लोको मोहनः प्रवशीकृतः ।
लोभात्त्यजति मित्राणि संगात्स्वर्गं न गछति ॥ ५५ ॥ {५५}
ajñānenāvṛto loko mohanaḥ pravaśīkṛtaḥ |
lobhāttyajati mitrāṇi saṃgātsvargaṃ na gachati || 55 || {55}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.55 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 (8.55). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ajnana, Avrita, Loka, Mohana, Prava, Shi, Krit, Krita, Lobha, Tyajat, Mitra, Sanga, Svarga,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.55). 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: “ajñānenāvṛto loko mohanaḥ pravaśīkṛtaḥ ”
- ajñānenā -
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ajñāna (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ajñāna (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- avṛto* -
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avṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√vṛt (verb class 1)[aorist active second single]
- loko* -
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loka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mohanaḥ -
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mohana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śī -
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śī (noun, feminine)[compound]śī (noun, masculine)[compound]śi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- kṛtaḥ -
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kṛt (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]kṛt (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]kṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- Line 2: “lobhāttyajati mitrāṇi saṃgātsvargaṃ na gachati || 55 |”
- lobhāt -
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lobha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- tyajati -
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√tyaj -> tyajat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]√tyaj -> tyajat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]√tyaj (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- mitrāṇi -
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mitra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- saṅgāt -
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saṅga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- svargam -
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svarga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svarga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]svargā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse gachati*55
- Cannot analyse 55