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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 12.258
यद्युपार्द्धं प्रदास्यामि श्रवणायार्हते ऽपि नु ।
एतदर्द्धं हरेद् राजा लोभान्मे दण्डयेदपि ॥ २५८ ॥ {५६}
yadyupārddhaṃ pradāsyāmi śravaṇāyārhate 'pi nu |
etadarddhaṃ hared rājā lobhānme daṇḍayedapi || 258 || {56}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.258 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 (12.258). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yadi, Yad, Upa, Arddha, Prada, Shravana, Arhat, Arhata, Api, Etad, Etada, Riddha, Raja, Lobha, Asmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.258). 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: “yadyupārddhaṃ pradāsyāmi śravaṇāyārhate 'pi nu ”
- yadyu -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- upā -
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upā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]upa (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]upa (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]upa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ārddham -
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ārddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- pradā -
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prada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]pradā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asyāmi -
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√as (verb class 4)[present active first single]
- śravaṇāyā -
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śravaṇa (noun, masculine)[dative single]śravaṇa (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- arhate' -
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arhat (noun, masculine)[dative single]arhat (noun, neuter)[dative single]arhatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]arhata (noun, masculine)[locative single]arhata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√arh (verb class 1)[present middle third single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- nu -
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nu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “etadarddhaṃ hared rājā lobhānme daṇḍayedapi || 258 |”
- etadar -
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etad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]etadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ṛddham -
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ṛddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ṛddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ṛddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hared -
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√hṛ (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- rājā* -
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rāja (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]rājā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- lobhān -
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lobha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative 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]
- Cannot analyse daṇḍayedapi*25
- Cannot analyse 258