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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 23.31
स मुनीन्द्रो जगच्छास्तादिशेत्ते ऽस्मत्पुराकृतं ।
आदित्ये हि समुद्याते दीपेन किं प्रयोजनं ॥ ३१ ॥ {३१}
sa munīndro jagacchāstādiśette 'smatpurākṛtaṃ |
āditye hi samudyāte dīpena kiṃ prayojanaṃ || 31 || {31}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.31 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 (23.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Munindra, Jagat, Shastri, Shasta, Tad, Yushmad, Asmad, Purakrita, Aditya, Samudyata, Dipa, Kim, Prayojana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.31). 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: “sa munīndro jagacchāstādiśette 'smatpurākṛtaṃ ”
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- munīndro* -
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munīndra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jagacch -
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jagat (noun, masculine)[compound]jagat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śāstā -
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śāstṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
- diśet -
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√diś (verb class 6)[optative active third single]
- te' -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- asmat -
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asmad (pronoun, none)[ablative plural]
- purākṛtam -
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purākṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]purākṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]purākṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “āditye hi samudyāte dīpena kiṃ prayojanaṃ || 31 |”
- āditye -
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āditya (noun, masculine)[locative single]āditya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ādityā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- samudyāte -
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samudyāta (noun, masculine)[locative single]samudyāta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]samudyātā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- dīpena -
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dīpa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- prayojanam -
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prayojana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]prayojanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 31