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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 12.158
केचिच्च गुणवन्तो ऽपि कुचेलाः कृशगात्रिकाः ।
प्रेतवद्भुज्यमानाश्च चरंति भिक्षुका भुवि ॥ १५८ ॥ {५६}
kecicca guṇavanto 'pi kucelāḥ kṛśagātrikāḥ |
pretavadbhujyamānāśca caraṃti bhikṣukā bhuvi || 158 || {56}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.158 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 (12.158). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kah, Kim, Cit, Gunavat, Api, Kucela, Krisha, Gatrika, Pretavat, Bhuj, Bhuji, Amana, Bhikshuka, Bhu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.158). 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: “kecicca guṇavanto 'pi kucelāḥ kṛśagātrikāḥ ”
- ke -
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ka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]ka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- cic -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- guṇavanto' -
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guṇavat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kucelāḥ -
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kucela (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kucelā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kṛśa -
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kṛśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṛśa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- gātrikāḥ -
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gātrikā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Line 2: “pretavadbhujyamānāśca caraṃti bhikṣukā bhuvi || 158 |”
- pretavad -
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pretavat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- bhujya -
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bhuji (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]bhuji (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√bhuj -> bhujya (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhujya (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]bhuj (noun, feminine)[locative single]bhuj (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- amānā -
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amāna (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aś -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- caranti -
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√car (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- bhikṣukā* -
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bhikṣuka (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- bhuvi -
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bhū (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhū (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse 158