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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 38.342
एतत्पुण्यमसंख्येयमप्रमेयं महत्तरं ।
सर्वैरपि मुनीन्द्रैर्हि संख्यातुं नापि शक्यते ॥ ३४२ ॥ {४१}
etatpuṇyamasaṃkhyeyamaprameyaṃ mahattaraṃ |
sarvairapi munīndrairhi saṃkhyātuṃ nāpi śakyate || 342 || {41}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.342 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 (38.342). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Etad, Punya, Asankhyeya, Aprameya, Mahattara, Sarva, Api, Munindra, Sankhya, Nri, Shakyata,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.342). 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: “etatpuṇyamasaṃkhyeyamaprameyaṃ mahattaraṃ ”
- etat -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- puṇyam -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- asaṅkhyeyam -
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asaṅkhyeya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]asaṅkhyeya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asaṅkhyeyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aprameyam -
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aprameya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]aprameya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]aprameyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mahattaram -
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mahattara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mahattara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mahattarā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “sarvairapi munīndrairhi saṃkhyātuṃ nāpi śakyate || 342 |”
- sarvair -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]sarva (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- munīndrair -
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munīndra (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- saṅkhyāt -
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saṅkhya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]saṅkhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- um -
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u (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- śakyate -
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śakyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√śak (verb class 5)[present passive third single]
- Cannot analyse 342