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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 37.226
धिग्जीवितं दरिद्राया जन्मापि धिक्च मानुषे ।
किं रूपैः सुगुणैः वापि विद्याभिः किं धनं विना ॥ २२६ ॥ {७६}
dhigjīvitaṃ daridrāyā janmāpi dhikca mānuṣe |
kiṃ rūpaiḥ suguṇaiḥ vāpi vidyābhiḥ kiṃ dhanaṃ vinā || 226 || {76}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.226 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 (37.226). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dhik, Jivita, Daridra, Janma, Janman, Api, Manusha, Kim, Rupa, Suguna, Vapi, Vapin, Vidya, Dhana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.226). 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: “dhigjīvitaṃ daridrāyā janmāpi dhikca mānuṣe ”
- dhig -
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dhik (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- jīvitam -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- daridrāyā* -
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daridrā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- janmā -
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janma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]janma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]janman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- dhik -
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dhik (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mānuṣe -
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mānuṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “kiṃ rūpaiḥ suguṇaiḥ vāpi vidyābhiḥ kiṃ dhanaṃ vinā || 226 |”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- rūpaiḥ -
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rūpa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]rūpa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- suguṇaiḥ -
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suguṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]suguṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- vidyābhiḥ -
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vidyā (noun, feminine)[instrumental plural]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- dhanam -
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dhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- vinā* -
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- Cannot analyse 226