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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 12.77
धिग्धिग्मे जन्म संसारे जीवितुं न तथोत्सहे ।
वरं प्राणपरित्यागं न त्वेवं चिरजीवितं ॥ ७७ ॥ {७७}
dhigdhigme janma saṃsāre jīvituṃ na tathotsahe |
varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaṃ na tvevaṃ cirajīvitaṃ || 77 || {77}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.77 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 (12.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dhik, Dha, Gma, Janma, Janman, Samsara, Samsari, Tatha, Utsaha, Varam, Vara, Pranaparityaga, Tva, Evam, Eva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.77). 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: “dhigdhigme janma saṃsāre jīvituṃ na tathotsahe ”
- dhig -
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dhik (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- dhi -
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dhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]dhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- gme -
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gmā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- 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]
- saṃsāre -
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṃsāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]saṃsāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- jīvitum -
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√jīv -> jīvitum (infinitive)[infinitive from √jīv]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tatho -
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tathā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tathā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tatha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tatha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tathā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- utsahe -
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utsaha (noun, masculine)[locative single]utsaha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaṃ na tvevaṃ cirajīvitaṃ || 77 |”
- varam -
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varam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]vara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]varā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- prāṇaparityāgam -
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prāṇaparityāga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tve -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]tva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]tva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- evam -
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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]
- cirajīvitam -
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cirajīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 77