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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 9.86
इति पित्रोदितं श्रुत्वा सा शुक्ला प्रहताशया ।
सहसा पितरं नत्वा रुदंत्यैवं अभाषत ।
तात किं मे निमित्तेन दुःखं ते जायते कथं ।
सर्वथैतत्प्रवक्तव्यं यदि ते ऽहं सुतात्मजा ।
तदुपायं करिष्यामि येन दुःखं निहन्यते ॥ ८६ ॥ {८४}
iti pitroditaṃ śrutvā sā śuklā prahatāśayā |
sahasā pitaraṃ natvā rudaṃtyaivaṃ abhāṣata |
tāta kiṃ me nimittena duḥkhaṃ te jāyate kathaṃ |
sarvathaitatpravaktavyaṃ yadi te 'haṃ sutātmajā |
tadupāyaṃ kariṣyāmi yena duḥkhaṃ nihanyate || 86 || {84}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.86 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 (9.86). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Iti, Pitri, Udita, Shukla, Prahata, Asha, Ashaya, Sahasa, Sahas, Rudanti, Evam, Eva, Tata, Kim, Asmad, Nimitta, Duhkham, Duhkha, Tad, Yushmad, Jayat, Katham, Katha, Sarvatha, Etad, Pravaktavya, Yadi, Yad, Aha, Sutatmaja, Tat, Upaya, Yena, Yah, Yat, Nihan, Yata, Yati,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.86). 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: “iti pitroditaṃ śrutvā sā śuklā prahatāśayā ”
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- pitro -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- uditam -
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udita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]udita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> udita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
- śrutvā -
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√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √śru]
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śuklā -
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śuklā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- prahatā -
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prahata (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prahata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prahatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśayā -
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āśā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]āśayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “sahasā pitaraṃ natvā rudaṃtyaivaṃ abhāṣata ”
- sahasā -
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sahasā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sahas (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sahas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sahasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- pitaram -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- natvā -
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√nam -> natvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √nam]
- rudantyai -
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rudantī (noun, feminine)[instrumental single], [dative single]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- abhāṣata -
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√bhāṣ (verb class 1)[imperfect middle third single]
- Line 3: “tāta kiṃ me nimittena duḥkhaṃ te jāyate kathaṃ ”
- 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]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- nimittena -
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nimitta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- 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]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- jāyate -
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√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai (verb class 1)[present middle third single]√jan (verb class 4)[present middle third 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]
- Line 4: “sarvathaitatpravaktavyaṃ yadi te 'haṃ sutātmajā ”
- sarvathai -
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sarvathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- etat -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pravaktavyam -
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pravaktavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pravaktavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pravaktavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- yadi -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- te' -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- sutātmajā -
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sutātmajā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 5: “tadupāyaṃ kariṣyāmi yena duḥkhaṃ nihanyate || 86 |”
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- upāyam -
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upāya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]upāyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kariṣyāmi -
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√kṛ (verb class 1)[future active first single]√kṛ (verb class 2)[future active first single]√kṛ (verb class 5)[future active first single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[future active first single]√kṛ (verb class 3)[future active first single]√kṛ (verb class 6)[future active first single]√kṝ (verb class 5)[future active first single]√kṝ (verb class 9)[future active first single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- 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]
- nihan -
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nihan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- yate -
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yat (noun, masculine)[dative single]yat (noun, neuter)[dative single]yatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yati (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yata (noun, masculine)[locative single]yata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yati (noun, feminine)[vocative single]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √i class 2 verb]√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)[locative single from √yam class 1 verb]√yam -> yata (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [locative single from √yam class 1 verb]√yam -> yatā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yam class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yam class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yam class 1 verb]√yat (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- Cannot analyse 86