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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 37.41
किं हि दानमहोत्साहं विना गेहे सुखं भवेत् ।
पशुवत्केवलं भुक्त्वा किं सारं सत्सुखं विना ॥ ४१ ॥ {४१}
kiṃ hi dānamahotsāhaṃ vinā gehe sukhaṃ bhavet |
paśuvatkevalaṃ bhuktvā kiṃ sāraṃ satsukhaṃ vinā || 41 || {41}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.41 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 (37.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kim, Dana, Aha, Ahu, Utsaha, Vina, Geha, Sukham, Sukha, Pashuvat, Kevalam, Kevala, Bhuktva, Sara, Sat, Sad, Kham, Kha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.41). 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: “kiṃ hi dānamahotsāhaṃ vinā gehe sukhaṃ bhavet ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- dānam -
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dāna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- aho -
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aha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ahu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ahu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- utsāham -
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utsāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- vinā* -
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vina (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vinā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- gehe -
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geha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]gehā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “paśuvatkevalaṃ bhuktvā kiṃ sāraṃ satsukhaṃ vinā || 41 |”
- paśuvat -
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paśuvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kevalam -
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kevalam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kevala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kevala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kevalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- bhuktvā -
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bhuktvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- sāram -
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sāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sārā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)[absolutive from √sṛ]√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)[absolutive from √sṛ]
- satsu -
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sat (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sat (noun, neuter)[locative plural]sad (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sad (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- kham -
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kham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]khā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vinā* -
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- Cannot analyse 41