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)

तत्किं नो मरणे भीत्या मृत्युं केन निवार्यते ।
यदि दैवाद्विपत्तिः स्यादस्माकं कर्म्मदोषतः ॥ १७७ ॥ {७५}

tatkiṃ no maraṇe bhītyā mṛtyuṃ kena nivāryate |
yadi daivādvipattiḥ syādasmākaṃ karmmadoṣataḥ || 177 || {75}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.177 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 (12.177). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Kim, Asmad, Marana, Bhiti, Bhitya, Mrityu, Kena, Kah, Nivarya, Yushmad, Yadi, Yad, Daivat, Daiva, Vipatti, Syat, Sya, Asmaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.177). 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: “tatkiṃ no maraṇe bhītyā mṛtyuṃ kena nivāryate
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • no* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • maraṇe -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • bhītyā* -
  • bhīti (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhītī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhītya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mṛtyum -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kena -
  • kena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kena (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • nivārya -
  • nivārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nivārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “yadi daivādvipattiḥ syādasmākaṃ karmmadoṣataḥ || 177 |
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • daivād -
  • daivāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    daiva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    daiva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • vipattiḥ -
  • vipatti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • asmākam -
  • asmāka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asmāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmākā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse karmmadoṣataḥ*17
  • Cannot analyse 177
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