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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 1.37
किं दुःस्थितो ऽसि साधो ऽत्र किं चापि दुःखचिन्तया ।
वक्तव्यं चेत्तदस्माकं सर्वथा वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ ३७ ॥ {३७}
kiṃ duḥsthito 'si sādho 'tra kiṃ cāpi duḥkhacintayā |
vaktavyaṃ cettadasmākaṃ sarvathā vaktumarhasi || 37 || {37}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.37 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 (1.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kim, Duhsthita, Asi, Sadha, Sadhu, Atra, Capin, Capi, Duhkhacinta, Vaktavya, Tta, Dasma, Aka, Sarvatha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.37). 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: “kiṃ duḥsthito 'si sādho 'tra kiṃ cāpi duḥkhacintayā ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- duḥsthito' -
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duḥsthita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- asi -
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asi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]asi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]asī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]√as (verb class 2)[present active second single]
- sādho' -
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sādha (noun, masculine)[nominative single]sādhu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- atra -
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atra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]atra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- cāpi -
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cāpin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]cāpī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]cāpi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāpi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- duḥkhacinta -
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duḥkhacinta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]duḥkhacinta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- yā -
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yā (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “vaktavyaṃ cettadasmākaṃ sarvathā vaktumarhasi || 37 |”
- vaktavyam -
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vaktavya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vaktavya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vaktavyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√vac -> vaktavya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]√vac -> vaktavya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
- ce -
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ca (noun, masculine)[locative single]ca (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]cā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- tta -
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tta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dasmā -
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dasma (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dasma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]dasmā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- akam -
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aka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- sarvathā -
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sarvathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- vaktum -
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√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)[infinitive from √vac]√vac -> vaktum (infinitive)[infinitive from √vac]
- arhasi -
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√arh (verb class 1)[present active second single]
- Cannot analyse 37