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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 25.139
न चेष्टैर्ब्राह्मणैर्वापि न चापि पूर्वप्रेतकैः ।
न राज्ञा श्रमणैश्चान्यैर्देवैरपि कृतं खलु ॥ १३९ ॥ {३८}
na ceṣṭairbrāhmaṇairvāpi na cāpi pūrvapretakaiḥ |
na rājñā śramaṇaiścānyairdevairapi kṛtaṃ khalu || 139 || {38}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.139 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 (25.139). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ceshta, Brahmana, Vapi, Vapin, Capin, Capi, Purvapreta, Kah, Kim, Rajan, Shramana, Deva, Api, Krit, Krita, Khalu,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.139). 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: “na ceṣṭairbrāhmaṇairvāpi na cāpi pūrvapretakaiḥ ”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ceṣṭair -
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ceṣṭa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ceṣṭa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- brāhmaṇair -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pūrvapreta -
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pūrvapreta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pūrvapreta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kaiḥ -
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ka (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]ka (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental plural]kim (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “na rājñā śramaṇaiścānyairdevairapi kṛtaṃ khalu || 139 |”
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- rājñā -
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rājan (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- śramaṇaiś -
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śramaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]śramaṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- cānyai -
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√cam -> cānya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cam]√cam -> cānya (absolutive)[absolutive from √cam]ca (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- air -
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a (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single]
- devair -
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deva (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]deva (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- kṛtam -
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kṛta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kṛta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kṛtā (noun, feminine)[adverb]kṛt (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 2)[imperative active second dual]
- khalu -
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khalu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]khalu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]khalu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse 139