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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 14.220
मन्यतां भिक्षवो यो ऽसौ राजा संबुद्धसेवकः ।
अहमेव तदाभूवन्नान्यो द्रष्टव्य एव सः ॥ २२० ॥ {२०}
manyatāṃ bhikṣavo yo 'sau rājā saṃbuddhasevakaḥ |
ahameva tadābhūvannānyo draṣṭavya eva saḥ || 220 || {20}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.220 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 (14.220). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Bhikshu, Yah, Asi, Asu, Adah, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Sambuddha, Sevaka, Aha, Asmad, Eva, Tada, Anya, Drashtavya, Sah,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.220). 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: “manyatāṃ bhikṣavo yo 'sau rājā saṃbuddhasevakaḥ ”
- manyatām -
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√man (verb class 4)[imperative middle third single], [imperative passive third single]√man (verb class 8)[imperative passive third single]
- bhikṣavo* -
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bhikṣu (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- yo' -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- asau -
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asi (noun, feminine)[locative single]asi (noun, masculine)[locative single]asu (noun, masculine)[locative single]adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- rājā -
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rājā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]rājan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]rāj (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]rāj (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- sambuddha -
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sambuddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sambuddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sevakaḥ -
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sevaka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “ahameva tadābhūvannānyo draṣṭavya eva saḥ || 220 |”
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- abhūvann -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third plural]
- ānyo* -
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√an -> ānya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √an]
- draṣṭavya* -
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draṣṭavya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√dṛś -> draṣṭavya (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saḥ -
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saḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 220