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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 36.5
तद्यथाभून्महापूर्यां श्रावस्त्यां श्रीदसंनिभः ।
श्रेष्ठी महाधनः साधुः पुष्याभिधो महाजनः ॥ ५ ॥ {५}
tadyathābhūnmahāpūryāṃ śrāvastyāṃ śrīdasaṃnibhaḥ |
śreṣṭhī mahādhanaḥ sādhuḥ puṣyābhidho mahājanaḥ || 5 || {5}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.5 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 (36.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Tat, Yatha, Mah, Maha, Shravasti, Shrida, Samnibha, Shreshthin, Mahadhana, Sadhu, Pushya, Mahajana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.5). 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: “tadyathābhūnmahāpūryāṃ śrāvastyāṃ śrīdasaṃnibhaḥ ”
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- abhūn -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third 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]
- apūryā -
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√pṝ (verb class 3)[aorist middle third single]√pṝ (verb class 6)[aorist middle third single]√pṝ (verb class 9)[aorist middle third single]
- ām -
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ā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]o (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- śrāvastyām -
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śrāvastī (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- śrīda -
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śrīda (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śrīda (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃnibhaḥ -
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saṃnibha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “śreṣṭhī mahādhanaḥ sādhuḥ puṣyābhidho mahājanaḥ || 5 |”
- śreṣṭhī -
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śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- mahādhanaḥ -
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mahādhana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- sādhuḥ -
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sādhu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- puṣyā -
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puṣya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puṣya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]√puṣ -> puṣya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṣ]puṣyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√pus -> puṣya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pus class 10 verb]√pus -> puṣya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pus class 10 verb]√pus -> puṣyā (participle, feminine)[nominative single from √pus class 10 verb]√puṣ (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]√puṣ (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- abhidho -
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- mahājanaḥ -
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mahājana (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 5