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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 31.120
यो ऽसौ श्रेष्ठी महाश्राद्धः सौगते शासने मुदा ।
श्रद्धया प्रव्रजित्वात्र ब्रह्मचर्यं मुदा चरन् ॥ १२० ॥ {१३}
yo 'sau śreṣṭhī mahāśrāddhaḥ saugate śāsane mudā |
śraddhayā pravrajitvātra brahmacaryaṃ mudā caran || 120 || {13}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.120 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 (31.120). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Asi, Asu, Adah, Shreshthin, Mah, Maha, Ashraddha, Saugata, Shasana, Mud, Muda, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Pra, Atra, Brahmacarya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.120). 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: “yo 'sau śreṣṭhī mahāśrāddhaḥ saugate śāsane mudā ”
- yo' -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- asau -
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asi (noun, feminine)[locative single]asi (noun, masculine)[locative single]asu (noun, masculine)[locative single]adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śreṣṭhī -
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śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mahā -
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maha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]maha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]mahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mah (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]mahā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√mah (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- aśrāddhaḥ -
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aśrāddha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- saugate -
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saugata (noun, masculine)[locative single]saugata (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- śāsane -
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śāsana (noun, masculine)[locative single]śāsana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śāsanā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mudā -
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mud (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mudā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “śraddhayā pravrajitvātra brahmacaryaṃ mudā caran || 120 |”
- śraddhayā -
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śraddhayā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]śraddhā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- pra -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vrajitvā -
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√vraj -> vrajitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √vraj]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- brahmacaryam -
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brahmacarya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mudā -
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mud (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mudā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse caran*12
- Cannot analyse 120