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)

ध्रुवं जन्मवतां मृत्युर्मृतानां जन्म च ध्रुवं ।
परिवर्त्तिनि संसारे मृतः को हि न जायते ॥ २०२ ॥ {२}

dhruvaṃ janmavatāṃ mṛtyurmṛtānāṃ janma ca dhruvaṃ |
parivarttini saṃsāre mṛtaḥ ko hi na jāyate || 202 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.202 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 (10.202). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhruvam, Dhruva, Janmavat, Janmavata, Mrityu, Mrita, Janma, Janman, Samsara, Samsari, Kah, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.202). 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: “dhruvaṃ janmavatāṃ mṛtyurmṛtānāṃ janma ca dhruvaṃ
  • dhruvam -
  • dhruvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhruva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • janmavatām -
  • janmavat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    janmavat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    janmavatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mṛtyur -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mṛtānām -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    mṛta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    mṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhruvam -
  • dhruvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhruva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “parivarttini saṃsāre mṛtaḥ ko hi na jāyate || 202 |
  • Cannot analyse parivarttini*sa
  • saṃsāre -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • mṛtaḥ -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • ko* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jāyate -
  • 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]
  • Cannot analyse 202
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