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)

तत्सत्यं पूरणे तात प्रदद्यामि ममात्मनः ।
अथ न दास्यते ह्यत्र कियत्कालं हि जीवितं ॥ १४० ॥ {४०}

tatsatyaṃ pūraṇe tāta pradadyāmi mamātmanaḥ |
atha na dāsyate hyatra kiyatkālaṃ hi jīvitaṃ || 140 || {40}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.140 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 (10.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatsad, Yah, Purana, Tata, Prada, Asmad, Mama, Atman, Atha, Atra, Kiyatkalam, Jivita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.140). 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: “tatsatyaṃ pūraṇe tāta pradadyāmi mamātmanaḥ
  • tatsat -
  • tatsad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tatsad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pūraṇe -
  • pūraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pūraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tāta -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prada -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dyāmi -
  • (verb class 4)
    [present active first single]
  • mamā -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    mamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • ātmanaḥ -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “atha na dāsyate hyatra kiyatkālaṃ hi jīvitaṃ || 140 |
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāsyate -
  • (verb class 1)
    [future middle third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [future middle third single]
    dās (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    dās (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
    das (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kiyatkālam -
  • kiyatkālam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • jīvitam -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 140
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