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)

क्षणध्वंसि शरीरं च भवे नित्यं न किं चन ।
धर्म एव महासारं येनैवं रक्ष्यते जगत् ॥ ४४ ॥ {४५}

kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīraṃ ca bhave nityaṃ na kiṃ cana |
dharma eva mahāsāraṃ yenaivaṃ rakṣyate jagat || 44 || {45}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.44 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 (2.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshana, Dhvamsi, Dhvamsin, Dhvas, Sharira, Bhava, Bhu, Nityam, Nitya, Kim, Cana, Dharma, Eva, Mahasara, Yena, Yah, Yat, Evam, Jagat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.44). 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: “kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīraṃ ca bhave nityaṃ na kiṃ cana
  • kṣaṇa -
  • kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhvaṃsi -
  • dhvaṃsi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhvaṃsī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dhvaṃsin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhvaṃsin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhvas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śarīram -
  • śarīra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “dharma eva mahāsāraṃ yenaivaṃ rakṣyate jagat || 44 |
  • dharma* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāsāram -
  • mahāsāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahāsāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahāsārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yenai -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • evam -
  • 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]
  • rakṣyate -
  • rakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    rakṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
  • jagat -
  • jagat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jagat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 44
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