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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 38.159
अहो सेन महत्कष्टं जायते नाविहा ऽधुना ।
यत्सुदूरे महारण्ये मज्जावहे सुदुस्तरे ॥ १५९ ॥ {५८}
aho sena mahatkaṣṭaṃ jāyate nāvihā 'dhunā |
yatsudūre mahāraṇye majjāvahe sudustare || 159 || {58}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.159 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 (38.159). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ahu, Sena, Mahat, Kashtam, Kashta, Jayat, Nau, Adhuna, Yat, Yad, Dure, Dura, Maharanya, Majja, Majju, Ahe, Aha, Ahi, Sudustara,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.159). 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: “aho sena mahatkaṣṭaṃ jāyate nāvihā 'dhunā ”
- aho -
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ahu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ahu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- sena -
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sena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√san (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]√san (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]
- mahat -
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atimahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kaṣṭam -
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kaṣṭam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kaṣṭa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kaṣṭa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kaṣṭā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]√kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kaś class 1 verb]√kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kaś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kaś class 1 verb]
- jāyate -
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√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai (verb class 1)[present middle third single]√jan (verb class 4)[present middle third single]
- nāvi -
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nāvin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- hā' -
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- adhunā -
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adhunā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- Line 2: “yatsudūre mahāraṇye majjāvahe sudustare || 159 |”
- yatsu -
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yat (noun, masculine)[locative plural]yat (noun, neuter)[locative plural]yad (noun, masculine)[locative plural]√i -> yat (participle, masculine)[locative plural from √i class 2 verb]√i -> yat (participle, neuter)[locative plural from √i class 2 verb]
- dūre -
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dūre (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dūra (noun, masculine)[locative single]dūra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]dūrā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- mahāraṇye -
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mahāraṇya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- majjāva -
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majja (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]majju (noun, masculine)[locative single]majju (noun, feminine)[locative single]√majj (verb class 6)[imperative active first dual]
- ahe -
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ahe (indeclinable)[indeclinable]aha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]ahi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- sudustare -
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sudustara (noun, masculine)[locative single]sudustara (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sudustarā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Cannot analyse 159