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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 8.56
त्यागान्मित्राणि वर्द्धन्ते मैत्र्या शाम्यन्ति शत्रवः ।
शीलात्स्वर्गमवाप्नोति ज्ञानान्मोक्षं सु गछति ॥ ५६ ॥ {५६}
tyāgānmitrāṇi varddhante maitryā śāmyanti śatravaḥ |
śīlātsvargamavāpnoti jñānānmokṣaṃ su gachati || 56 || {56}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.56 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 (8.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tyaga, Mitra, Maitri, Shamyat, Shamyanti, Shatru, Shila, Svarga, Ava, Jnana, Moksha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.56). 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: “tyāgānmitrāṇi varddhante maitryā śāmyanti śatravaḥ ”
- tyāgān -
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tyāga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
- mitrāṇi -
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mitra (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse varddhante*ma
- maitryā -
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maitrī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- śāmyanti -
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√śam -> śāmyat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √śam class 4 verb]√śam -> śāmyantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √śam class 4 verb]√śam (verb class 4)[present active third plural]
- śatravaḥ -
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śatru (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “śīlātsvargamavāpnoti jñānānmokṣaṃ su gachati || 56 |”
- śīlāt -
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śīla (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]śīla (noun, neuter)[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]
- avā -
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ava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[compound], [instrumental single]u (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√av (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]√u (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]ava (Preverb)[Preverb]avā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- āpnoti -
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√āp (verb class 5)[present active third single]
- jñānān -
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jñāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- mokṣam -
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mokṣa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mokṣā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- su -
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sū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]sū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]sū (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]so (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse gachati*56
- Cannot analyse 56