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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 24.87
हा पुत्र कथमेव त्वं निर्दयास्यतिनिष्ठुरः ।
यद्वृद्धां जननीं दृष्ट्वा कारुण्यं नास्ति ते हृदि ॥ ८७ ॥ {८७}
hā putra kathameva tvaṃ nirdayāsyatiniṣṭhuraḥ |
yadvṛddhāṃ jananīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāruṇyaṃ nāsti te hṛdi || 87 || {87}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.87 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 (24.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Han, Putra, Katham, Katha, Eva, Tva, Yushmad, Nirdaya, Nishthura, Yadu, Riddha, Janani, Karunya, Nasti, Tad, Hrid,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.87). 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: “hā putra kathameva tvaṃ nirdayāsyatiniṣṭhuraḥ ”
- hā -
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hā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]han (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√hā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- putra -
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putra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]putra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tvam -
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tva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tva (noun, masculine)[accusative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- nirdayā -
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nirdaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nirdaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nirdayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asyati -
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√as (verb class 4)[present active third single]
- niṣṭhuraḥ -
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niṣṭhura (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “yadvṛddhāṃ jananīṃ dṛṣṭvā kāruṇyaṃ nāsti te hṛdi || 87 |”
- yadvṛ -
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yadu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ṛddhām -
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ṛddhā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- jananīm -
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jananī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- dṛṣṭvā -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- kāruṇyam -
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kāruṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāruṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kāruṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- 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]
- hṛdi -
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hṛd (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- Cannot analyse 87