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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 34.18
तत्र नैमित्तिको द्वारे ऽवस्थितस्तमागतं ।
दृष्ट्वा तद्दन्तकाष्ठं च समालोक्यैवमुपागमत् ॥ १८ ॥ {१८}
tatra naimittiko dvāre 'vasthitastamāgataṃ |
dṛṣṭvā taddantakāṣṭhaṃ ca samālokyaivamupāgamat || 18 || {18}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.18 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 (34.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tatra, Naimittika, Dvara, Avasthita, Tama, Agata, Tad, Tat, Dantakashtha, Samalokya, Evam, Eva, Upa,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.18). 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: “tatra naimittiko dvāre 'vasthitastamāgataṃ ”
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- naimittiko* -
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naimittika (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- dvāre' -
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dvāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]dvāra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- avasthitas -
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avasthita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tamā -
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tama (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tama (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tamā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- agatam -
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agata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]agata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]agatā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ag (verb class 1)[imperative active second dual]
- Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā taddantakāṣṭhaṃ ca samālokyaivamupāgamat || 18 |”
- dṛṣṭvā -
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√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dṛś]
- tad -
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tad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tad (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dantakāṣṭham -
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dantakāṣṭha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dantakāṣṭha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samālokyai -
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samālokya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- upā -
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upā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]upa (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]upa (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]upa (indeclinable)[indeclinable]upa (Preverb)[Preverb]upā (Preverb)[Preverb]
- agamat -
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√gam (verb class 1)[aorist active third single]√gam (verb class 2)[aorist active third single]√gam (verb class 3)[aorist active third single]
- Cannot analyse 18