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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 38.973
मेरुप्रमाणसौवर्णरत्नराशिं च यो ददेत् ।
तस्य पुण्यमसंख्येयं प्रयायुस्ते ततो ऽधिकं ॥ ९७३ ॥ {१०}
merupramāṇasauvarṇaratnarāśiṃ ca yo dadet |
tasya puṇyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ prayāyuste tato 'dhikaṃ || 973 || {10}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.973 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 (38.973). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Pramana, Sauvarna, Ratnarashi, Yah, Tad, Punya, Asankhyeya, Pra, Praya, 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 38.973). 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: “merupramāṇasauvarṇaratnarāśiṃ ca yo dadet ”
- meru -
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meru (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]meru (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- pramāṇa -
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pramāṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]pramāṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sauvarṇa -
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sauvarṇa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sauvarṇa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ratnarāśim -
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ratnarāśi (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yo* -
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yaḥ (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]ya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative 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 puṇyamasaṃkhyeyaṃ prayāyuste tato 'dhikaṃ || 973 |”
- 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]
- 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]
- prayā -
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prā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]prayā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ayus -
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√yā (verb class 2)[imperfect 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 973