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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 38.488
किं ममानेन सूत्रेण सर्वरत्नादिभूषणैः ।
मण्डिता या करे वद्धमिति त्यक्तुं समैहत ॥ ४८८ ॥ {८५}
kiṃ mamānena sūtreṇa sarvaratnādibhūṣaṇaiḥ |
maṇḍitā yā kare vaddhamiti tyaktuṃ samaihata || 488 || {85}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.488 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 (38.488). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kim, Mamana, Sutra, Sutrena, Sarvaratna, Bhushana, Mandita, Kari, Kara, Iti, Sama,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.488). 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: “kiṃ mamānena sūtreṇa sarvaratnādibhūṣaṇaiḥ ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mamānena -
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√mā -> mamāna (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √mā class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √mā class 3 verb], [instrumental single from √mā class 4 verb]√mā -> mamāna (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √mā class 2 verb], [instrumental single from √mā class 3 verb], [instrumental single from √mā class 4 verb]√mā -> mamāna (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √mā class 1 verb]√mā -> mamāna (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √mā class 1 verb]
- sūtreṇa -
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sūtreṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sūtreṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sūtra (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- sarvaratnā -
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sarvaratna (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sarvaratnā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- adi -
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ad (noun, masculine)[locative single]ad (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- bhūṣaṇaiḥ -
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bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)[instrumental plural]bhūṣaṇa (noun, neuter)[instrumental plural]
- Line 2: “maṇḍitā yā kare vaddhamiti tyaktuṃ samaihata || 488 |”
- maṇḍitā* -
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maṇḍita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]maṇḍitā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√maṇḍ -> maṇḍita (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √maṇḍ], [vocative plural from √maṇḍ]√maṇḍ -> maṇḍitā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √maṇḍ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √maṇḍ], [vocative plural from √maṇḍ], [accusative plural from √maṇḍ]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kare -
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kari (noun, masculine)[vocative single]kari (noun, feminine)[vocative single]kara (noun, masculine)[locative single]kara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√kṛ (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- va -
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u (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ū (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]ū (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]o (noun, masculine)[adverb]au (noun, feminine)[adverb]au (noun, masculine)[adverb]va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- addham -
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addhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- iti -
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iti (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]iti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- tyaktum -
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√tyaj -> tyaktum (infinitive)[infinitive from √tyaj]
- samai -
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sama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]samā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√sam (verb class 1)[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]samā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- aihata -
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√īh (verb class 1)[imperfect middle third single]
- Cannot analyse 488