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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 5.31
किमनेनापि जीवेन मृत्यौ नित्यं पुरःस्थिते ।
कियत्कालं च जीवेयं गछेयं मरणं ध्रुवं ॥ ३१ ॥ {३१}
kimanenāpi jīvena mṛtyau nityaṃ puraḥsthite |
kiyatkālaṃ ca jīveyaṃ gacheyaṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 31 || {31}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.31 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 (5.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kim, Ana, Anena, Idam, Api, Jiva, Mrityu, Mritya, Nityam, Nitya, Purahsthita, Kiyatkalam, Cha, Chi, Iyam, Marana, Dhruvam, Dhruva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.31). 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: “kimanenāpi jīvena mṛtyau nityaṃ puraḥsthite ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- anenā -
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anena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]anena (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ana (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]anenā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- jīvena -
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jīva (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]jīva (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- mṛtyau -
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mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[locative single]√mṛ -> mṛtya (participle, masculine)[nominative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb]
- nityam -
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nityam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]nitya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nitya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nityā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- puraḥsthite -
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puraḥsthita (noun, masculine)[locative single]puraḥsthita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]puraḥsthitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- Line 2: “kiyatkālaṃ ca jīveyaṃ gacheyaṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 31 |”
- kiyatkālam -
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kiyatkālam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jīveyam -
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√jīv (verb class 1)[optative active first single]
- ga -
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ga (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ga (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- che -
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cha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]cha (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]chā (noun, feminine)[nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]chi (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- iyam -
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iyam (noun, feminine)[nominative single]ī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]ī (noun, masculine)[accusative single]idam (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- maraṇam -
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maraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dhruvam -
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dhruvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dhruva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhruva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhruvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 31