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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 12.161
तस्माद्दैवं महावीरं सर्वत्रैधातुकेष्वपि ।
केनापि शक्यते नैव वशे नेतुं कथं चन ॥ १६१ ॥ {५९}
tasmāddaivaṃ mahāvīraṃ sarvatraidhātukeṣvapi |
kenāpi śakyate naiva vaśe netuṃ kathaṃ cana || 161 || {59}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.161 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 (12.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tasmat, Tad, Daiva, Mahavira, Sarvatra, Aidha, Uka, Ishu, Ishva, Api, Kena, Kah, Kim, Shakyata, Naiva, Vasha, Vashi, Katham, Katha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.161). 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: “tasmāddaivaṃ mahāvīraṃ sarvatraidhātukeṣvapi ”
- tasmād -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- daivam -
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daiva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]daiva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mahāvīram -
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mahāvīra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mahāvīrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sarvatrai -
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sarvatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aidhāt -
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aidha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- uke -
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uka (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- iṣva -
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iṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]iṣva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]i (noun, masculine)[locative plural]√i (verb class 2)[imperative middle second single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Line 2: “kenāpi śakyate naiva vaśe netuṃ kathaṃ cana || 161 |”
- kenā -
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kena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ka (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ka (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- śakyate -
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śakyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√śak (verb class 5)[present passive third single]
- naiva -
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naiva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vaśe -
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vaśa (noun, masculine)[locative single]vaśa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vaśā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vaśi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]vaśi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- netum -
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√nī -> netum (infinitive)[infinitive from √nī]
- 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]
- cana* -
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- Cannot analyse 161