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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 31.130
यो ऽयं श्रेष्ठी न चान्यो हि रात्राविह समागतः ।
यत्स मृतो ऽभवत्प्रेतस्मात्सर्यदुरिताश्रयात् ॥ १३० ॥ {२३}
yo 'yaṃ śreṣṭhī na cānyo hi rātrāviha samāgataḥ |
yatsa mṛto 'bhavatpretasmātsaryaduritāśrayāt || 130 || {23}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.130 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 (31.130). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yah, Aya, Idam, Shreshthin, Ratrau, Ratra, Iha, Samagata, Yat, Yad, Mrita, Preta, Sma, Sman, Durita, Ashraya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.130). 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 'yaṃ śreṣṭhī na cānyo hi rātrāviha samāgataḥ ”
- 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]
- ayam -
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aya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śreṣṭhī -
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śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cānyo -
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- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- rātrāvi -
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rātrau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]rātra (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- samāgataḥ -
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samāgata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “yatsa mṛto 'bhavatpretasmātsaryaduritāśrayāt || 130 |”
- yat -
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yat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yat (noun, masculine)[compound]yad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]yat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- sa -
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sa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mṛto' -
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mṛta (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
- abhavat -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[imperfect active third single]
- preta -
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preta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]preta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pre (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- smā -
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smā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sman (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tsarya -
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√tsar -> tsarya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tsar]
- duritā -
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durita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]durita (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative plural], [vocative single]duritā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśrayāt -
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āśraya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]āśraya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- Cannot analyse 130