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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 16.52
प्रेता इव सदा भिक्षां याचित्वेमे ऽभिभुंजते ।
इत्यर्हतो यती चापि दृष्ट्वैव ते ऽभ्यनिन्दयन् ॥ ५२ ॥ {५२}
pretā iva sadā bhikṣāṃ yācitveme 'bhibhuṃjate |
ityarhato yatī cāpi dṛṣṭvaiva te 'bhyanindayan || 52 || {52}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.52 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 (16.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Preta, Iva, Sada, Bhiksha, Iyam, Idam, Abhi, Iti, Itya, Rihat, Yat, Yati, Yatin, Capin, Capi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.52). 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: “pretā iva sadā bhikṣāṃ yācitveme 'bhibhuṃjate ”
- pretā* -
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preta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pretā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sadā* -
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sada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhikṣām -
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bhikṣā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- yācitve -
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√yāc -> yācitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √yāc]
- ime' -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]idam (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- abhi -
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abhi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]abhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]abhi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]abhī (noun, masculine)[adverb]abhī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]abhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]abhi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- bhuñjate -
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√bhuj (verb class 7)[present middle third plural]
- Line 2: “ityarhato yatī cāpi dṛṣṭvaiva te 'bhyanindayan || 52 |”
- ityar -
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itya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]itya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√i -> itya (absolutive)[absolutive from √i]iti (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]ityā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√i -> itya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> itya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]√i -> ityā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
- ṛhato* -
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ṛhat (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]ṛhat (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- yatī -
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yatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yati (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]yatin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yati (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dṛṣṭvai -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- Cannot analyse te'bhyanindayan*52
- Cannot analyse 52