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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 38.972
यावंतो भूतले गवस्तान् सर्वाञ्छ्रद्धया ददेत् ।
तस्य यावन्महत्पुण्यं प्राप्नुयुस्ते ततो ऽधिकं ॥ ९७२ ॥ {९}
yāvaṃto bhūtale gavastān sarvāñchraddhayā dadet |
tasya yāvanmahatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuyuste tato 'dhikaṃ || 972 || {9}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.972 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 (38.972). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yavat, Bhutala, Gava, Sarva, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Tad, Yavan, Mahat, Punya, Pra, Yushmad, Tatah, Tata, Adhikam, Adhika,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.972). 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: “yāvaṃto bhūtale gavastān sarvāñchraddhayā dadet ”
- yāvanto* -
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yāvat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- bhūtale -
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bhūtala (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- gavas -
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gava (noun, masculine)[nominative single]gu (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- tān -
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ta (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- sarvāñch -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- śraddhayā -
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śraddhayā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]śraddhā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]
- dadet -
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√dā (verb class 1)[optative active third single]√dad (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “tasya yāvanmahatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuyuste tato 'dhikaṃ || 972 |”
- tasya -
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√tas -> tasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √tas]ta (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ta (noun, neuter)[genitive single]tad (noun, neuter)[genitive single]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]√tas (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- yāvan -
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yāvat (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yāvat (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yāvat (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yāvan (noun, masculine)[vocative single]yāvat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mahat -
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atimahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative 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]
- prā -
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pra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]prā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]pra (Preverb)[Preverb]prā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- āpnuyus -
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√āp (verb class 5)[optative active third plural]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive 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]
- adhikam -
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adhikam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]adhika (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]adhika (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]adhikā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 972