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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 12.76
विना धर्मं हि संसारे जन्म जीवं च निस्फलं ।
किं ते न पौरुषेणापि येन धर्मं न साध्यते ॥ ७६ ॥ {७६}
vinā dharmaṃ hi saṃsāre janma jīvaṃ ca nisphalaṃ |
kiṃ te na pauruṣeṇāpi yena dharmaṃ na sādhyate || 76 || {76}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.76 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 (12.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vina, Dharma, Samsara, Samsari, Janma, Janman, Jiva, Kim, Tad, Yushmad, Paurusha, Api, Yena, Yah, Yat, Sadhyata, Sadhyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.76). 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: “vinā dharmaṃ hi saṃsāre janma jīvaṃ ca nisphalaṃ ”
- vinā* -
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vina (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vinā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- saṃsāre -
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṃsāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]saṃsāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- janma -
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janma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]janma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]janman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- jīvam -
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jīva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√jīv -> jīvam (absolutive)[absolutive from √jīv]jīvan (noun, masculine)[adverb]jīvan (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse nisphalam
- Line 2: “kiṃ te na pauruṣeṇāpi yena dharmaṃ na sādhyate || 76 |”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- pauruṣeṇā -
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pauruṣa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]pauruṣa (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sādhyate -
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sādhyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]√sādh -> sādhyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √sādh class 4 verb]√sādh (verb class 1)[present passive third single]√sādh (verb class 4)[present middle third single], [present passive third single]√sādh (verb class 5)[present passive third single]√sidh (verb class 0)[present passive third single]
- Cannot analyse 76