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)

सर्वे ऽपि सुखमिछन्ति दुःखं नेछति कश्चन ।
तथा सुखानि संप्राप्तुं यत्नं कुर्वन्त्यनेकशः ॥ १०३ ॥ {२}

sarve 'pi sukhamichanti duḥkhaṃ nechati kaścana |
tathā sukhāni saṃprāptuṃ yatnaṃ kurvantyanekaśaḥ || 103 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.103 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 (12.103). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Api, Sukha, Michat, Michanti, Duhkham, Duhkha, Kah, Cana, Tatha, Yatna, Kurvat, Anekashah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.103). 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: “sarve 'pi sukhamichanti duḥkhaṃ nechati kaścana
  • sarve' -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sukha -
  • sukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • michanti -
  • mich -> michat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √mich class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mich class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √mich class 6 verb]
    mich -> michantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √mich class 6 verb]
    mich (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
  • duḥkham -
  • duḥkham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse nechati*ka
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “tathā sukhāni saṃprāptuṃ yatnaṃ kurvantyanekaśaḥ || 103 |
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sukhāni -
  • sukha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse samprāptum*ya
  • yatnam -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • kurvantya -
  • kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative dual from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third plural]
  • anekaśaḥ -
  • anekaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse 103
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