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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 3.122
नाहं भोगार्थिनी भद्रे नापि कामातिरागिणी ।
किं तु धर्मानुरक्तास्मि तत्कथं स्वामिनं विना ॥ १२२ ॥ {२०}
nāhaṃ bhogārthinī bhadre nāpi kāmātirāgiṇī |
kiṃ tu dharmānuraktāsmi tatkathaṃ svāminaṃ vinā || 122 || {20}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.122 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 (3.122). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Naha, Bhoga, Arthin, Arthini, Arthi, Bhadra, Nri, Api, Kam, Ragini, Ragin, Kim, Dharma, Akta, Tat, Tad, Katham, Katha, Svamin,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.122). 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: “nāhaṃ bhogārthinī bhadre nāpi kāmātirāgiṇī ”
- nāham -
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nāha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- bhogā -
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bhoga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]bhoga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]bhogā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- arthinī -
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arthinī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]arthin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]arthī (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- bhadre -
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bhadra (noun, masculine)[locative single]bhadra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]bhadrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- nā -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kām -
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kām (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kā (pronoun, feminine)[accusative single]
- āti -
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āti (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- rāgiṇī -
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rāgiṇī (noun, feminine)[compound], [nominative single]rāgin (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kiṃ tu dharmānuraktāsmi tatkathaṃ svāminaṃ vinā || 122 |”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- dharmān -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- ur -
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u (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- aktā -
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akta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]akta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]aktā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- asmi -
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√as (verb class 2)[present active first single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- svāminam -
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svāmin (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- vinā* -
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- Cannot analyse 122