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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 16.156
यावन्न स्मरते बुद्धं तावत्स नरके वसेत् ।
यदेव स्मरते बुद्धं तदा स्याच्छुद्धिताशयः ॥ १५६ ॥ {४४}
yāvanna smarate buddhaṃ tāvatsa narake vaset |
yadeva smarate buddhaṃ tadā syācchuddhitāśayaḥ || 156 || {44}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.156 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 (16.156). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yavan, Yavat, Smarata, Smarat, Buddha, Tavat, Naraka, Yada, Yad, Iva, Tada, Syat, Sya, Tan, Ashaya, Ashi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.156). 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: “yāvanna smarate buddhaṃ tāvatsa narake vaset ”
- yāvann -
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yāvan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yāvat (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- smarate -
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smaratā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]√smṛ -> smarat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
- buddham -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]buddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]buddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tāvat -
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tāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tāvat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tāvat (noun, masculine)[compound]tāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- narake -
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naraka (noun, masculine)[locative single]naraka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- vaset -
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√vas (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “yadeva smarate buddhaṃ tadā syācchuddhitāśayaḥ || 156 |”
- yade -
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yadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yadā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single], [dative single]
- iva -
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iva (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- smarate -
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smaratā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]√smṛ -> smarat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
- buddham -
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buddha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]buddha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]buddhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tadā -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- syācch -
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syāt (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]syāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√as (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- śuddhi -
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śuddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- tā -
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ta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśayaḥ -
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āśaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]āśi (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Cannot analyse 156