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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 37.147
धनवान्निर्गुणश्चापि मान्यते गुरुवज्जनैः ।
धनहीना न पूज्यंते पंडिता ब्रह्मणा अपि ॥ १४७ ॥ {४७}
dhanavānnirguṇaścāpi mānyate guruvajjanaiḥ |
dhanahīnā na pūjyaṃte paṃḍitā brahmaṇā api || 147 || {47}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.147 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 (37.147). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dhanavat, Guna, Capin, Capi, Dhanahina, Pandita, Brahmana, Api,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.147). 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: “dhanavānnirguṇaścāpi mānyate guruvajjanaiḥ ”
- dhanavānn -
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dhanavat (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ir -
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i (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- guṇaś -
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guṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mānyate -
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√mān (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√mān (verb class 10)[present passive third single]√man (verb class 0)[present passive third single]
- Cannot analyse guruvajjanaiḥ
- Line 2: “dhanahīnā na pūjyaṃte paṃḍitā brahmaṇā api || 147 |”
- dhanahīnā* -
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dhanahīna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]dhanahīnā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pūjyante -
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√pūj (verb class 1)[present passive third plural]√pūj (verb class 10)[present passive third plural]
- paṇḍitā* -
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paṇḍita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]paṇḍitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]√paṇḍ -> paṇḍitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √paṇḍ class 10 verb]
- brahmaṇā* -
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brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Cannot analyse 147