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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 36.178
नाहं कामर्थिनी तात सद्धर्मसाधनार्थिनी ।
तथापि त्वद्वचो ऽलंघ्यमिति श्रोष्यामि ते वचः ॥ १७८ ॥ {७६}
nāhaṃ kāmarthinī tāta saddharmasādhanārthinī |
tathāpi tvadvaco 'laṃghyamiti śroṣyāmi te vacaḥ || 178 || {76}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.178 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 (36.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Naha, Kam, Arthin, Arthini, Arthi, Tata, Saddharma, Sadhana, Tatha, Api, Yushmad, Vaca, Vacas, Alanghya, Iti, Tad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.178). 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: “nāhaṃ kāmarthinī tāta saddharmasādhanārthinī ”
- nāham -
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nāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- kām -
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kām (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kā (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
- arthinī -
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arthinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]arthin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]arthī (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tāta -
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tāta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- saddharma -
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saddharma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- sādhanā -
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sādhana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sādhana (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sādhanā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arthinī -
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arthinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]arthin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]arthī (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “tathāpi tvadvaco 'laṃghyamiti śroṣyāmi te vacaḥ || 178 |”
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tvad -
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yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[ablative single]
- vaco' -
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vacas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vacas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vaca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- alaṅghyam -
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alaṅghya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]alaṅghya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]alaṅghyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- śroṣyāmi -
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√śru (verb class 5)[future active first single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- vacaḥ -
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vacas (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vacas (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vaca (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse 178