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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 36.75
स्वकायजीवितं त्यक्त्वा किमर्थे पुण्यसाधनं ।
स्वकायजीव भद्रार्थे गुणद्रव्यवृषार्जनं ॥ ७५ ॥ {७४}
svakāyajīvitaṃ tyaktvā kimarthe puṇyasādhanaṃ |
svakāyajīva bhadrārthe guṇadravyavṛṣārjanaṃ || 75 || {74}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.75 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 (36.75). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Svaka, Svakaya, Jivita, Kimartha, Punya, Sadhana, Jiva, Jivan, Bhadra, Artha, Guna, Dravya, Vrisha, Vrishan, Arjana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.75). 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: “svakāyajīvitaṃ tyaktvā kimarthe puṇyasādhanaṃ ”
- svakāya -
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svakāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svakāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svaka (noun, masculine)[dative single]svaka (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- jīvitam -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- tyaktvā -
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√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √tyaj]
- kimarthe -
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kimartha (noun, masculine)[locative single]kimartha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kimarthā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- puṇya -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√puṇ -> puṇya (absolutive)[absolutive from √puṇ]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- sādhanam -
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sādhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sādhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sādhanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “svakāyajīva bhadrārthe guṇadravyavṛṣārjanaṃ || 75 |”
- svakāya -
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svakāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]svakāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]svaka (noun, masculine)[dative single]svaka (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- jīva -
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jīva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jīva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]jīvan (noun, masculine)[compound]jīvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√jīv (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- bhadrā -
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bhadra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhadra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhadrā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arthe -
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artha (noun, masculine)[locative single]artha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√arth (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- guṇa -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dravya -
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dravya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dravya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vṛṣā -
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vṛṣa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vṛṣa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vṛṣan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]vṛṣan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vṛṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arjanam -
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arjana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse 75