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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 38.995
काले वर्षंतु मेघाश्च भूयाच्छस्यवती मही ।
बहुक्षीरप्रदा गावो भवंतु वत्सलान्विताः ॥ ९९५ ॥ {३२}
kāle varṣaṃtu meghāśca bhūyācchasyavatī mahī |
bahukṣīrapradā gāvo bhavaṃtu vatsalānvitāḥ || 995 || {32}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.995 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 (38.995). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kale, Kala, Megha, Bhuya, Sha, Shas, Shasya, Shasi, Avat, Mahi, Mahin, Bahu, Kshira, Prada, Gava, Vatsala, Vita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “kāle varṣaṃtu meghāśca bhūyācchasyavatī mahī ”
- kāle -
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kāle (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- varṣantu -
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√vṛṣ (verb class 1)[imperative active third plural]
- meghāś -
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megha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]meghā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- bhūyācch -
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bhūya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]√bhū (verb class 1)[benedictive active third single]
- śasya -
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śasya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śasya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śaṃs -> śasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √śaṃs]√śas -> śasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √śas]śasi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]śasi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]śasi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]śa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]śa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]śas (noun, masculine)[locative single]śas (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√śaṃs -> śasya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]√śaṃs -> śasya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
- avatī -
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avat (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√u -> avat (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √u class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √u class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √u class 1 verb]
- mahī -
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mahī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]mahi (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mahi (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mahin (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “bahukṣīrapradā gāvo bhavaṃtu vatsalānvitāḥ || 995 |”
- bahu -
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bahu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]bahu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]bahu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]bahu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kṣīra -
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kṣīra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]kṣīra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pradā* -
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prada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]pradā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- gāvo* -
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go (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]gāva (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√gā (verb class 2)[present active first dual]√gā (verb class 2)[present active first dual]
- bhavantu -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[imperative active third plural]
- vatsalān -
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vatsala (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- vitāḥ -
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vita (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Cannot analyse 995