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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 2.140
सदा सद्धर्ममाधाय सौख्यं भुक्त्वा भजेमहि ।
धर्मेण शुभता नित्यं धर्मेण जीयते विपत् ॥ १४० ॥ {४०}
sadā saddharmamādhāya saukhyaṃ bhuktvā bhajemahi |
dharmeṇa śubhatā nityaṃ dharmeṇa jīyate vipat || 140 || {40}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.140 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 (2.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sada, Sad, Saddharma, Adhaya, Saukhya, Bhuktva, Dharmena, Dharma, Shubhat, Nityam, Nitya, Vipad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.140). 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: “sadā saddharmamādhāya saukhyaṃ bhuktvā bhajemahi ”
- sadā -
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sadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sad (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]sad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- saddharmam -
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saddharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- ādhāya -
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ādhāya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- saukhyam -
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saukhya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- bhuktvā -
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bhuktvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]√bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √bhuj]
- bhajemahi -
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√bhaj (verb class 1)[optative middle first plural]
- Line 2: “dharmeṇa śubhatā nityaṃ dharmeṇa jīyate vipat || 140 |”
- dharmeṇa -
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dharmeṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dharma (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- śubhatā -
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√śubh -> śubhat (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √śubh class 6 verb]√śubh -> śubhat (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √śubh class 6 verb]
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dharmeṇa -
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dharmeṇa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dharma (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]
- jīyate -
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√jai (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√ji (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√ji (verb class 9)[present passive third single]√jyā (verb class 4)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]√jyā (verb class 9)[present passive third single]
- vipat -
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vipad (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse 140