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)

गाथाः प्रोद्घोषयन्तश्च प्रलयं सौगते वृषे ।
अनित्यं खलु संसारं दुःखशून्यं ह्यनात्मकं ॥ ३०८ ॥ {६}

gāthāḥ prodghoṣayantaśca pralayaṃ saugate vṛṣe |
anityaṃ khalu saṃsāraṃ duḥkhaśūnyaṃ hyanātmakaṃ || 308 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.308 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 (12.308). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gatha, Pra, Udghosha, Yat, Yantri, Pralaya, Saugata, Vrisha, Vrishi, Anityam, Anitya, Khalu, Samsara, Duhkha, Shunya, Anatmaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.308). 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: “gāthāḥ prodghoṣayantaśca pralayaṃ saugate vṛṣe
  • gāthāḥ -
  • gātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gāthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pro -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udghoṣa -
  • udghoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yantaś -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yantṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pralayam -
  • pralaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pralayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • saugate -
  • saugata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saugata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vṛṣe -
  • vṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vṛṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vṛṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vṛṣi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “anityaṃ khalu saṃsāraṃ duḥkhaśūnyaṃ hyanātmakaṃ || 308 |
  • anityam -
  • anityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • saṃsāram -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • duḥkha -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūnyam -
  • śūnya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śūnya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śūnyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • anātmakam -
  • anātmaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anātmaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anātmakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 308
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