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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 18.164
यावन्न प्राप्यते पुण्यं तावद्दुर्गतिचारणं ।
तस्मात्पुण्यं प्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्यं सुखताप्तये ॥ १६४ ॥ {६५}
yāvanna prāpyate puṇyaṃ tāvaddurgaticāraṇaṃ |
tasmātpuṇyaṃ prayatnena karttavyaṃ sukhatāptaye || 164 || {65}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.164 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 (18.164). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yavan, Yavat, Prapin, Prapya, Punya, Tavat, Durgati, Carana, Tasmat, Tad, Prayatna, Karttavya, Sukhata, Apti,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.164). 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 prāpyate puṇyaṃ tāvaddurgaticāraṇaṃ ”
- 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]
- prāpya -
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prāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]prāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]prāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prāpi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- ate -
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- 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]
- tāvad -
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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]
- durgati -
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durgati (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]durgati (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]durgati (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]durgatī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]durgatī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]durgatī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- cāraṇam -
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cāraṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cāraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cāraṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “tasmātpuṇyaṃ prayatnena karttavyaṃ sukhatāptaye || 164 |”
- tasmāt -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- 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]
- prayatnena -
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prayatna (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- karttavyam -
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karttavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]karttavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]karttavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]√kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
- sukhatā -
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sukhatā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āptaye -
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āpti (noun, feminine)[dative single]
- Cannot analyse 164