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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 37.87
षण्मासं मासमेकं च यथाशक्ति व्रतं चरेत् ।
नवसप्तदिनान्येवं पंचत्रीणि दिनान्यपि ॥ ८७ ॥ {८७}
ṣaṇmāsaṃ māsamekaṃ ca yathāśakti vrataṃ caret |
navasaptadinānyevaṃ paṃcatrīṇi dinānyapi || 87 || {87}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.87 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 (37.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Shanmasa, Masa, Eka, Yatha, Vrata, Nava, Navan, Sapta, Saptan, Dina, Evam, Eva, Api,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.87). 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: “ṣaṇmāsaṃ māsamekaṃ ca yathāśakti vrataṃ caret ”
- ṣaṇmāsam -
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ṣaṇmāsa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- māsam -
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māsa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]māsā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ekam -
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eka (noun, masculine)[accusative single]eka (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yathā -
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yathā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]yathā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- aśakti -
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aśakti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- vratam -
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vrata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vrata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- caret -
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√car (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “navasaptadinānyevaṃ paṃcatrīṇi dinānyapi || 87 |”
- nava -
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nava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]navan (noun, masculine)[compound]navan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√nu (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- sapta -
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sapta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sapta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]saptan (noun, masculine)[compound]saptan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]√sap -> sapta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]√sap -> sapta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √sap class 1 verb]
- dinānye -
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dina (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse pañcatrīṇi*di
- dinānya -
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dina (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Cannot analyse 87