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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 28.135
देवासुरमनुष्येषु दीर्घमायुरहिंसया ।
जायते हिन्सया स्वल्पामतो हिंसां विवर्जयेत् ॥ १३५ ॥ {१}
devāsuramanuṣyeṣu dīrghamāyurahiṃsayā |
jāyate hinsayā svalpāmato hiṃsāṃ vivarjayet || 135 || {1}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.135 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 (28.135). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Devasura, Manushya, Dirgham, Dirgha, Ayu, Ayus, Ahimsa, Jayat, Svalpa, Atah, Hims, Himsa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.135). 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: “devāsuramanuṣyeṣu dīrghamāyurahiṃsayā ”
- devāsura -
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devāsura (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]devāsura (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- manuṣyeṣu -
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manuṣyeṣu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]manuṣya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]manuṣya (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- dīrgham -
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dīrgham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dīrgha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dīrgha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dīrghā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- āyur -
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āyus (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]āyus (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]āyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]āyu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahiṃsayā -
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ahiṃsā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- Line 2: “jāyate hinsayā svalpāmato hiṃsāṃ vivarjayet || 135 |”
- 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 hinsayā*sv
- svalpām -
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svalpā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- ato* -
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ataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- hiṃsām -
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hiṃs (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]hiṃsā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- Cannot analyse vivarjayet*13
- Cannot analyse 135