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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 25.4
शृणु राजन्महाभाग यथा मे गुरुभाषितं ।
तथाहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रुत्वा चात्रानुमोदय ॥ ४ ॥ {४}
śṛṇu rājanmahābhāga yathā me gurubhāṣitaṃ |
tathāhaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śrutvā cātrānumodaya || 4 || {4}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.4 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 (25.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Rajan, Rajat, Mahabhaga, Yatha, Asmad, Guru, Bhashita, Tatha, Aha, Tad, Yushmad, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Rat, Uma,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.4). 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: “śṛṇu rājanmahābhāga yathā me gurubhāṣitaṃ ”
- śṛṇu -
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√śru (verb class 5)[imperative active second single]
- rājan -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]√rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]√rāj -> rājat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
- mahābhāga -
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mahābhāga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mahābhāga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- 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]
- guru -
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guru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]guru (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]gurū (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]gurū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]gurū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- bhāṣitam -
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bhāṣita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]bhāṣita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]bhāṣitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “tathāhaṃ te pravakṣyāmi śrutvā cātrānumodaya || 4 |”
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative 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]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śrutvā -
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√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √śru]
- cāt -
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ca (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]ca (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- rān -
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ra (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√rā -> rāt (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √rā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √rā class 2 verb]
- umo -
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uma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]umā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√u (verb class 1)[perfect active first plural]√u (verb class 2)[perfect active first plural]√u (verb class 5)[perfect active first plural]
- udaya* -
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- Cannot analyse 4