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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 26.24
तदस्य दर्शनं राजं कर्त्तव्यं न कदा चन ।
ग्रहीतव्यं न नामापि श्रोतव्यं नापि तद्वचः ॥ २४ ॥ {२४}
tadasya darśanaṃ rājaṃ karttavyaṃ na kadā cana |
grahītavyaṃ na nāmāpi śrotavyaṃ nāpi tadvacaḥ || 24 || {24}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.24 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 (26.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tada, Darshana, Raja, Raj, Karttavya, Kada, Cana, Grahitavya, Naman, Api, Shrotavya, Nri,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.24). 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: “tadasya darśanaṃ rājaṃ karttavyaṃ na kadā cana ”
- tadasya -
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tada (noun, masculine)[genitive single]tada (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- darśanam -
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darśana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]darśana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]darśanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- rājam -
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rāja (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rājā (noun, feminine)[adverb]rājan (noun, masculine)[adverb]rāj (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- karttavyam -
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karttavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]karttavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]karttavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]√kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kadā -
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kadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]kadā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cana -
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cana (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√can (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “grahītavyaṃ na nāmāpi śrotavyaṃ nāpi tadvacaḥ || 24 |”
- grahītavyam -
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grahītavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]grahītavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]grahītavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√grah -> grahītavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √grah class 9 verb]√grah -> grahītavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative single from √grah class 9 verb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nāmā -
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nāman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- śrotavyam -
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śrotavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śrotavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śrotavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√śru -> śrotavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]√śru -> śrotavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tadva -
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tadvan (noun, masculine)[compound]
- caḥ -
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ca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 24