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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 28.123
धनं रक्षति वंशार्थे न भुंक्ते न ददाति यः ।
दत्तादायी ततः प्रेतः श्राद्धभोक्ता स जायते ॥ १२३ ॥ {५}
dhanaṃ rakṣati vaṃśārthe na bhuṃkte na dadāti yaḥ |
dattādāyī tataḥ pretaḥ śrāddhabhoktā sa jāyate || 123 || {5}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.123 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 (28.123). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dhana, Rakshat, Vamsha, Artha, Yah, Datta, Ayin, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Pretri, Preta, Shraddha, Bhoktri, Jayat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.123). 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: “dhanaṃ rakṣati vaṃśārthe na bhuṃkte na dadāti yaḥ ”
- dhanam -
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dhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- rakṣati -
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√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]√rakṣ (verb class 1)[present active third single]
- vaṃśā -
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vaṃśa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vaṃśā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arthe -
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artha (noun, masculine)[locative single]artha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√arth (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhuṅkte -
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√bhuj (verb class 7)[present middle third single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dadāti -
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dadāti (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]√dā (verb class 3)[present active third single]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “dattādāyī tataḥ pretaḥ śrāddhabhoktā sa jāyate || 123 |”
- dattād -
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datta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]datta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- āyī -
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āyin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tataḥ -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- pretaḥ -
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pretṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]preta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√pre (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- śrāddha -
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śrāddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śrāddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhoktā -
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bhoktṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√bhuj (verb class 6)[periphrastic-future active third single]√bhuj (verb class 6)[periphrastic-future active third single]√bhuj (verb class 7)[periphrastic-future active third single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- jāyate -
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√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai (verb class 1)[present middle third single]√jan (verb class 4)[present middle third single]
- Cannot analyse 123