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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 37.71
सपताकध्वजछत्रवितानैः परिमण्डितं ।
कृत्वा तन्मण्डलं वज्री प्रतिष्ठाप्य यथाविधि ॥ ७१ ॥ {७१}
sapatākadhvajachatravitānaiḥ parimaṇḍitaṃ |
kṛtvā tanmaṇḍalaṃ vajrī pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi || 71 || {71}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.71 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 (37.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sapataka, Dhvaja, Chatra, Vitana, Parimandita, Kritva, Kritvan, Tat, Tad, Tan, Mandala, Vajri, Vajrin, Pratishthapya, Yathavidhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.71). 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: “sapatākadhvajachatravitānaiḥ parimaṇḍitaṃ ”
- sapatāka -
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sapatāka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapatāka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhvaja -
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dhvaja (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]√dhvaj (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- chatra -
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chatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]chatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vitānaiḥ -
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vitāna (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]vitāna (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- parimaṇḍitam -
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parimaṇḍita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]parimaṇḍita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]parimaṇḍitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “kṛtvā tanmaṇḍalaṃ vajrī pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi || 71 |”
- kṛtvā -
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kṛtvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √kṛ]kṛtvan (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tan -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]tan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- maṇḍalam -
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maṇḍala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]maṇḍala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]maṇḍalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vajrī -
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vajrī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]vajrin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- pratiṣṭhāpya -
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pratiṣṭhāpya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pratiṣṭhāpya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yathāvidhi -
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yathāvidhi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Cannot analyse 71