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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 15.151
एवं महत्तरं पुण्यं बुद्धक्षेत्रेषु सत्कृतं ।
मत्वा तच्छरणं कृत्वा त्रिरत्नं भजतादरात् ॥ १५१ ॥ {५०}
evaṃ mahattaraṃ puṇyaṃ buddhakṣetreṣu satkṛtaṃ |
matvā taccharaṇaṃ kṛtvā triratnaṃ bhajatādarāt || 151 || {50}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.151 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 (15.151). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Evam, Eva, Mahattara, Punya, Buddhakshetra, Satkrita, Matu, Matva, Tat, Tad, Sharana, Kritva, Kritvan, Triratna, Adara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.151). 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: “evaṃ mahattaraṃ puṇyaṃ buddhakṣetreṣu satkṛtaṃ ”
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mahattaram -
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mahattara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mahattara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mahattarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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]
- buddhakṣetreṣu -
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buddhakṣetra (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- satkṛtam -
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satkṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]satkṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]satkṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “matvā taccharaṇaṃ kṛtvā triratnaṃ bhajatādarāt || 151 |”
- matvā -
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√man -> matvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √man]√man -> matvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √man]matu (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]matvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- tacch -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- śaraṇam -
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śaraṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaraṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- triratnam -
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triratna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhajatā -
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√bhaj (verb class 1)[imperative active second plural]
- adarāt -
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adara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]adara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- Cannot analyse 151