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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 23.38
एहि ते स्वागतं भिक्षो कुतस्त्वं समुपागतः ।
किमर्थमिह येनैवं प्रायासि तद्वदस्व मे ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}
ehi te svāgataṃ bhikṣo kutastvaṃ samupāgataḥ |
kimarthamiha yenaivaṃ prāyāsi tadvadasva me || 38 || {38}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.38 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 (23.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Yushmad, Svagata, Bhikshu, Kutah, Kuta, Tva, Samupagata, Kimartha, Iha, Yena, Yah, Yat, Evam, Eva, Pra, Praya, Asi, Tadvat, Asva, Asmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.38). 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: “ehi te svāgataṃ bhikṣo kutastvaṃ samupāgataḥ ”
- ehi -
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ehi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- 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]
- svāgatam -
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svāgata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]svāgata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]svāgatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhikṣo -
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bhikṣu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- kutas -
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kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kutaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kuta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- samupāgataḥ -
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samupāgata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “kimarthamiha yenaivaṃ prāyāsi tadvadasva me || 38 |”
- kimartham -
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kimartha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kimartha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kimarthā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- yenai -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prāyā -
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prāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, masculine)[dative single]pra (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- tadvad -
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tadvat (noun, masculine)[compound]tadvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- asva -
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asva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]asva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- 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]
- Cannot analyse 38