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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 18.142
वराणस्यामभूत्पूर्वं मालिकः कमलाभिधः ।
दुर्भिक्षक्षपिते काले परां दुर्गतिमागतः ॥ १४२ ॥ {४३}
varāṇasyāmabhūtpūrvaṃ mālikaḥ kamalābhidhaḥ |
durbhikṣakṣapite kāle parāṃ durgatimāgataḥ || 142 || {43}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.142 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 (18.142). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Varanasi, Purvam, Purva, Malika, Kamala, Abhi, Dha, Durbhiksha, Kshapita, Kale, Kala, Para, Durgati, Agata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.142). 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: “varāṇasyāmabhūtpūrvaṃ mālikaḥ kamalābhidhaḥ ”
- varāṇasyām -
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varāṇasī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- abhūt -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third single]
- pūrvam -
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pūrvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pūrva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mālikaḥ -
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mālika (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- kamalā -
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kamala (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kamala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]kamalā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- 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]
- dhaḥ -
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dha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]dhā (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “durbhikṣakṣapite kāle parāṃ durgatimāgataḥ || 142 |”
- durbhikṣa -
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durbhikṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣapite -
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kṣapita (noun, masculine)[locative single]kṣapita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kṣapitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√kṣap -> kṣapita (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṣap class 10 verb]√kṣap -> kṣapita (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṣap class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣap class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣap class 10 verb], [locative single from √kṣap class 10 verb]√kṣap -> kṣapitā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṣap class 10 verb], [vocative single from √kṣap class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣap class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣap class 10 verb]√kṣī -> kṣapita (participle, masculine)[locative single from √kṣī]√kṣī -> kṣapita (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √kṣī], [vocative dual from √kṣī], [accusative dual from √kṣī], [locative single from √kṣī]√kṣī -> kṣapitā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √kṣī], [vocative single from √kṣī], [vocative dual from √kṣī], [accusative dual from √kṣī]
- kāle -
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kāle (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- parām -
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parā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- durgatim -
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durgati (noun, feminine)[accusative single]durgati (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- āgataḥ -
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āgata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 142