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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 18.4
शृणु राजन् समाधाय यथा मे गुरुणोदितं ।
तथाहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि तव पुण्यप्रवृद्धये ॥ ४ ॥ {४}
śṛṇu rājan samādhāya yathā me guruṇoditaṃ |
tathāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi tava puṇyapravṛddhaye || 4 || {4}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.4 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 (18.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Rajan, Rajat, Samadha, Aya, Yatha, Asmad, Guru, Udita, Tatha, Aha, Yushmad, Punya, Pravriddhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.4). 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: “śṛṇu rājan samādhāya yathā me guruṇoditaṃ ”
- śṛṇu -
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√śru (verb class 5)[imperative active second single]
- rājan -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
- samādhā -
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samādhā (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- aya -
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aya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]e (noun, masculine)[compound]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- 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]
- guruṇo -
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guru (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]guru (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]gurū (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- uditam -
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udita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]udita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> udita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “tathāhaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi tava puṇyapravṛddhaye || 4 |”
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- sampra -
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sampra (Preverb)[Preverb]
- vakṣyāmi -
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√vac (verb class 2)[future active first single]√vac (verb class 3)[future active first single]√vah (verb class 1)[future active first single]
- tava -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]
- puṇya -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√puṇ -> puṇya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṇ]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- pravṛddhaye -
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pravṛddhi (noun, feminine)[dative single]
- Cannot analyse 4