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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 4.81
जलमात्रप्रदाने ऽपि यस्याः श्रद्धा न विद्यते ।
सा किमन्नं धनं रत्नं कथां दातुं समुत्सहेत् ॥ ८१ ॥ {७२}
jalamātrapradāne 'pi yasyāḥ śraddhā na vidyate |
sā kimannaṃ dhanaṃ ratnaṃ kathāṃ dātuṃ samutsahet || 81 || {72}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.81 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 (4.81). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Jala, Atra, Pradana, Api, Yasya, Shraddha, Kim, Anna, Dhana, Ratna, Katha, Datu, Samud,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.81). 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: “jalamātrapradāne 'pi yasyāḥ śraddhā na vidyate ”
- jalam -
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jala (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jala (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jalā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ātra -
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ātra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pradāne' -
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pradāna (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- yasyāḥ -
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yasya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yasyā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- śraddhā* -
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śraddha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]śraddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vidyate -
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√vid (verb class 2)[present passive third single]√vid (verb class 6)[present passive third single]√vid (verb class 7)[present passive third single]
- Line 2: “sā kimannaṃ dhanaṃ ratnaṃ kathāṃ dātuṃ samutsahet || 81 |”
- sā -
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sā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- annam -
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anna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]anna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]annā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhanam -
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dhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ratnam -
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ratna (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ratna (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ratnā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kathām -
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kathā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- dātum -
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√dā -> dātum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dā]√dā -> dātum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dā]√dā -> dātum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dā]√dā -> dātum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dā]√dai -> dātum (infinitive)[infinitive from √dai]√de -> dātum (infinitive)[infinitive from √de]dātu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]dātu (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- samut -
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samud (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]samud (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- sahet -
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√sah (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Cannot analyse 81