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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 2.79
तस्माद्दानं स्वयं दत्वा प्रजा शीले नियोजय ।
शीलेन शुद्ध्यते कायः शुद्धकायो भवेत्सुधीः ॥ ७९ ॥ {८०}
tasmāddānaṃ svayaṃ datvā prajā śīle niyojaya |
śīlena śuddhyate kāyaḥ śuddhakāyo bhavetsudhīḥ || 79 || {80}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.79 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 (2.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tasmat, Tad, Dana, Svayam, Dad, Praja, Shil, Shila, Jaya, Shuddhi, Kaya, Shuddha, Sudhi,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.79). 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: “tasmāddānaṃ svayaṃ datvā prajā śīle niyojaya ”
- tasmād -
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tasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (noun, neuter)[ablative single]sa (noun, masculine)[ablative single]
- dānam -
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dāna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dāna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- svayam -
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svayam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dat -
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dad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]dad (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]dat (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- prajā -
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prajā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- śīle -
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śīl (noun, masculine)[dative single]śīla (noun, masculine)[locative single]śīla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]śīlā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- niyo -
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nī (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]nī (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- jaya -
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jaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√ji (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- Line 2: “śīlena śuddhyate kāyaḥ śuddhakāyo bhavetsudhīḥ || 79 |”
- śīlena -
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śīla (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]śīla (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- śuddhya -
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śuddhi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- ate -
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- kāyaḥ -
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kāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- śuddha -
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śuddha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]śuddha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
- kāyo* -
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kāya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- bhavet -
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√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- sudhīḥ -
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sudhī (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [vocative single]sudhī (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse 79