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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 38.423
व्रतं चरितुमिछामि तत्कथं ज्ञास्यते विधिं ।
अहो मे दैवयोगेन श्रुतमेव न दर्शनं ॥ ४२३ ॥ {२४}
vrataṃ caritumichāmi tatkathaṃ jñāsyate vidhiṃ |
aho me daivayogena śrutameva na darśanaṃ || 423 || {24}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.423 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 (38.423). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vrata, Cari, Tat, Tad, Katham, Katha, Jnasyat, Vidhi, Ahan, Asmad, Daivayoga, Shrut, Shruta, Eva, Darshana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.423). 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: “vrataṃ caritumichāmi tatkathaṃ jñāsyate vidhiṃ ”
- vratam -
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vrata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vrata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- cari -
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cari (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]carī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- michāmi -
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√mich (verb class 6)[present active first single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- jñāsyate -
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√jñā -> jñāsyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [dative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jñāsyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [dative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā (verb class 3)[future middle third single]√jñā (verb class 9)[future middle third single]
- vidhim -
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vidhi (noun, feminine)[accusative single]vidhi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- Line 2: “aho me daivayogena śrutameva na darśanaṃ || 423 |”
- aho* -
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ahan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ahar (noun, neuter)[adverb]√has (verb class 1)[aorist active second single]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- daivayogena -
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daivayoga (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- śrutam -
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śruta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]śruta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]śrutā (noun, feminine)[adverb]śrut (noun, feminine)[accusative single]śrut (noun, masculine)[accusative single]√śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]√śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- darśanam -
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darśana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]darśana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]darśanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 423