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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 38.279
अथ वा प्राक्तने पीतरजसा मंडलं तथा ।
वर्त्तयित्वात्र तद् रात्रीं नियमेनातिनामयेत् ॥ २७९ ॥ {७८}
atha vā prāktane pītarajasā maṃḍalaṃ tathā |
varttayitvātra tad rātrīṃ niyamenātināmayet || 279 || {78}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.279 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 (38.279). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Atha, Praktana, Pita, Rajasa, Mandala, Tatha, Tad, Tat, Ratri, Niyama, Ati,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.279). 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: “atha vā prāktane pītarajasā maṃḍalaṃ tathā ”
- atha -
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atha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- prāktane -
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prāktana (noun, masculine)[locative single]prāktana (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- pīta -
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pīta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pīta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pā class 2 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pā class 2 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pā class 3 verb]√pā -> pīta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pā class 3 verb]√pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pai class 1 verb]√pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pai class 1 verb]√pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 3 verb]√pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pi class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pi class 3 verb]√pī -> pīta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √pī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pī class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pī class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pī class 4 verb]√pī -> pīta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √pī class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pī class 2 verb], [vocative single from √pī class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pī class 4 verb]√pī (verb class 2)[imperative active second plural]
- rajasā* -
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rajasa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]rajasā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- maṇḍalam -
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maṇḍala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]maṇḍala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]maṇḍalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tathā -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “varttayitvātra tad rātrīṃ niyamenātināmayet || 279 |”
- Cannot analyse varttayitvātra*ta
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- rātrīm -
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rātrī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- niyamenā -
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niyama (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- ati -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ati (Preverb)[Preverb]
- nāmayet -
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√nam (verb class 0)[optative active third single]
- Cannot analyse 279