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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 27.147
शृण्वत्राहं प्रवक्ष्यामि संबुद्धे गुणमल्पकं ।
विस्तरेण कथं वक्तुं शक्यते ऽल्पशिया मया ॥ १४७ ॥ {३९}
śṛṇvatrāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃbuddhe guṇamalpakaṃ |
vistareṇa kathaṃ vaktuṃ śakyate 'lpaśiyā mayā || 147 || {39}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.147 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 (27.147). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shrinvat, Raha, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Sambuddha, Sambuddhi, Guna, Alpakam, Alpaka, Vistarena, Vistara, Katham, Katha, Shakyata, Alpa, Shi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.147). 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: “śṛṇvatrāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃbuddhe guṇamalpakaṃ ”
- śṛṇvat -
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√śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
- rāham -
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rāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rāha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
- sambuddhe -
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sambuddha (noun, masculine)[locative single]sambuddha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sambuddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]sambuddhi (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- guṇam -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]guṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- alpakam -
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alpakam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]alpaka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]alpaka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “vistareṇa kathaṃ vaktuṃ śakyate 'lpaśiyā mayā || 147 |”
- vistareṇa -
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vistareṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]vistara (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vistara (noun, neuter)[instrumental 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]
- vaktum -
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√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)[infinitive from √vac]√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)[infinitive from √vac]
- śakyate' -
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śakyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√śak (verb class 5)[present passive third single]
- alpa -
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alpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]alpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śiyā* -
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śī (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]śī (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- mayā* -
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- Cannot analyse 147