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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 34.4
शृणु साधु महाराज यथा मे गुरुणोदितं ।
तथात्राहं प्रवक्ष्यामि तव धर्मप्रवृद्धये ॥ ४ ॥ {४}
śṛṇu sādhu mahārāja yathā me guruṇoditaṃ |
tathātrāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi tava dharmapravṛddhaye || 4 || {4}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.4 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 (34.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sadhu, Maharaja, Maharajan, Yatha, Asmad, Guru, Udita, Tatha, Raha, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Yushmad, Dharma, Dharman, Pravriddhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.4). 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: “śṛṇu sādhu mahārāja yathā me guruṇoditaṃ ”
- śṛṇu -
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√śru (verb class 5)[imperative active second single]
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mahārāja -
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mahārāja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mahārājan (noun, masculine)[compound]mahārājan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- guruṇo -
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guru (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]guru (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]gurū (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- uditam -
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udita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]udita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]uditā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vad -> udita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]√vad -> udita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
- Line 2: “tathātrāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi tava dharmapravṛddhaye || 4 |”
- tathāt -
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tatha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- rāham -
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rāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]rāha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- prava -
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prava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]prava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kṣyā -
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kṣi (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- ami -
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amin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]amin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tava -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[genitive single]
- dharma -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- pravṛddhaye -
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pravṛddhi (noun, feminine)[dative single]
- Cannot analyse 4