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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 1.148
नैव धर्मं क्वचिच्छ्रोतुं द्रष्टुं वापि न चोत्सहेत् ।
धर्मं विना व्रजेन्नैव सद्गतिं हि कदा चन ॥ १४८ ॥ {३७}
naiva dharmaṃ kvacicchrotuṃ draṣṭuṃ vāpi na cotsahet |
dharmaṃ vinā vrajennaiva sadgatiṃ hi kadā cana || 148 || {37}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.148 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 (1.148). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Naiva, Dharma, Kva, Acit, Shrotu, Vapi, Vapin, Vina, Sadgati, Kada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.148). 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: “naiva dharmaṃ kvacicchrotuṃ draṣṭuṃ vāpi na cotsahet ”
- naiva -
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naiva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kva -
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ku (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]kva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ku (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kū (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
- acicch -
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acit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]acit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- śrotum -
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√śru -> śrotum (infinitive)[infinitive from √śru]śrotu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- draṣṭum -
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√dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dṛś]
- vāpi -
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vāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vāpī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]vāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse cotsahet
- Line 2: “dharmaṃ vinā vrajennaiva sadgatiṃ hi kadā cana || 148 |”
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vinā* -
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vina (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vinā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- vrajen -
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√vraj (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- naiva -
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naiva (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- sadgatim -
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sadgati (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kadā -
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kadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]kadā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cana* -
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- Cannot analyse 148