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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 28.169
नात्मना यः सुखाकांक्षी न च कृव्येत परिग्रहं ।
ग्रहाणामग्रणी चासौ महाराजिकतां व्रजेत् ॥ १६९ ॥ {१}
nātmanā yaḥ sukhākāṃkṣī na ca kṛvyeta parigrahaṃ |
grahāṇāmagraṇī cāsau mahārājikatāṃ vrajet || 169 || {1}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.169 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 (28.169). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Mana, Yah, Sukha, Akankshin, Akankshi, Krivi, Eta, Parigraha, Graha, Agrani, Casa, Maharajika,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.169). 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: “nātmanā yaḥ sukhākāṃkṣī na ca kṛvyeta parigrahaṃ ”
- nāt -
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na (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]na (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- manā* -
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mana (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]manā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yaḥ -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sukhā -
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sukha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ākāṅkṣī -
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ākāṅkṣī (noun, masculine)[compound]ākāṅkṣī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]ākāṅkṣin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ākāṅkṣi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ākāṅkṣi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṛvye -
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kṛvi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kṛvī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- eta -
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eta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- parigraham -
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parigraha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “grahāṇāmagraṇī cāsau mahārājikatāṃ vrajet || 169 |”
- grahāṇām -
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graha (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]graha (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]grahā (noun, feminine)[genitive plural]
- agraṇī -
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agraṇī (noun, masculine)[compound]agraṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]
- cāsau -
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cāsa (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mahārājika -
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mahārājika (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tām -
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tā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]sā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- vrajet -
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√vraj (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Cannot analyse 169