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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 28.120
विहेठयन्ति ये बाला वंचयन्त्यपि तृष्णया ।
ते ऽपि गर्भमलाहारा जायन्ते कटपूतनाः ॥ १२० ॥ {२}
viheṭhayanti ye bālā vaṃcayantyapi tṛṣṇayā |
te 'pi garbhamalāhārā jāyante kaṭapūtanāḥ || 120 || {2}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.120 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 (28.120). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vihetha, Yat, Yah, Bala, Vancayat, Vancayanti, Api, Trishna, Tad, Yushmad, Garbha, Ala, Ahara, Jayanta, Kataputana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.120). 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: “viheṭhayanti ye bālā vaṃcayantyapi tṛṣṇayā ”
- viheṭha -
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viheṭha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- yanti -
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yanti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[present active third plural]
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- bālā* -
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bāla (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]bālā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vañcayantya -
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√vañc -> vañcayantī (participle, feminine)[compound from √vañc], [adverb from √vañc]√vañc -> vañcayat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √vañc], [nominative plural from √vañc], [vocative dual from √vañc], [vocative plural from √vañc], [accusative dual from √vañc], [accusative plural from √vañc]√vañc -> vañcayantī (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √vañc], [vocative single from √vañc]√vañc (verb class 0)[present active third plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tṛṣṇayā -
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tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “te 'pi garbhamalāhārā jāyante kaṭapūtanāḥ || 120 |”
- 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]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- garbham -
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garbha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]garbhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- alā -
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ala (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√al (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- āhārā* -
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āhāra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- jāyante -
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jāyanta (noun, masculine)[locative single]√jai (verb class 1)[present middle third plural]√jan (verb class 4)[present middle third plural]
- kaṭapūtanāḥ -
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kaṭapūtana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]kaṭapūtanā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- Cannot analyse 120