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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 12.84
धर्माद्धि जायते पुण्यं दानशीलक्षमादिभिः ।
पुण्येनैव प्रलभ्यन्ते चतुर्वर्गा अपि ध्रुवं ॥ ८४ ॥ {८३}
dharmāddhi jāyate puṇyaṃ dānaśīlakṣamādibhiḥ |
puṇyenaiva pralabhyante caturvargā api dhruvaṃ || 84 || {83}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.84 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 (12.84). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dharmat, Dharma, Jayat, Punya, Danashila, Kshama, Pra, Caturvarga, Api, Dhruvam, Dhruva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.84). 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: “dharmāddhi jāyate puṇyaṃ dānaśīlakṣamādibhiḥ ”
- dharmāddh -
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dharmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- 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]
- puṇyam -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- dānaśīla -
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dānaśīla (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dānaśīla (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣamād -
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kṣama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]kṣama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ibhiḥ -
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i (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “puṇyenaiva pralabhyante caturvargā api dhruvaṃ || 84 |”
- puṇyenai -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- labhyante -
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√labh (verb class 1)[present passive third plural]
- caturvargā* -
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caturvarga (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- dhruvam -
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dhruvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dhruva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhruva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhruvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 84