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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 37.373
आदौ गुरुं समभ्यर्च्य ततो रत्नत्रयं मुदा ।
अभ्यर्च्य शरणं कृत्वा प्रणत्वा विधिनादरात् ॥ ३७३ ॥ {२३}
ādau guruṃ samabhyarcya tato ratnatrayaṃ mudā |
abhyarcya śaraṇaṃ kṛtvā praṇatvā vidhinādarāt || 373 || {23}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.373 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 (37.373). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Adau, Ada, Adi, Guru, Abhyarcya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Ratnatraya, Mud, Muda, Sharana, Kritva, Kritvan, Prana, Tva, Vidhi, Adara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.373). 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: “ādau guruṃ samabhyarcya tato ratnatrayaṃ mudā ”
- ādau -
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ādau (indeclinable)[indeclinable]āda (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ādi (noun, masculine)[locative single]ādi (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- gurum -
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guru (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- sam -
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sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- abhyarcya -
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abhyarcya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhyarcya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tato* -
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tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tataḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]tata (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
- ratnatrayam -
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ratnatraya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mudā -
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mud (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]mudā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “abhyarcya śaraṇaṃ kṛtvā praṇatvā vidhinādarāt || 373 |”
- abhyarcya -
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abhyarcya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]abhyarcya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śaraṇam -
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śaraṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śaraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śaraṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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]
- praṇa -
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praṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]praṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tvā* -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
- vidhinā -
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vidhi (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]vidhī (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- adarāt -
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adara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]adara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- Cannot analyse 373