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)

यद्वात्रापि च संसारे जीवितमध्रुवं खलु ।
क्षणध्वंसि शरीरं च सार्वेषां मरणं ध्रुवं ॥ ३१ ॥ {३१}

yadvātrāpi ca saṃsāre jīvitamadhruvaṃ khalu |
kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīraṃ ca sārveṣāṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 31 || {31}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.31 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 (15.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadu, Yadva, Yadvan, Atra, Api, Samsara, Samsari, Jivita, Adhruva, Khalu, Kshana, Dhvamsi, Dhvamsin, Dhvas, Sharira, Sarva, Saru, Ish, Isha, Marana, Dhruvam, Dhruva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.31). 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: “yadvātrāpi ca saṃsāre jīvitamadhruvaṃ khalu
  • yadvā -
  • yadu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yadvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    yadvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātrā -
  • ātra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsāre -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • jīvitam -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • adhruvam -
  • adhruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adhruva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dhru (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīraṃ ca sārveṣāṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 31 |
  • kṣaṇa -
  • kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhvaṃsi -
  • dhvaṃsi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhvaṃsī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dhvaṃsin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhvaṃsin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhvas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śarīram -
  • śarīra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sārve -
  • sārva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    sārva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sārvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sāru (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • iṣām -
  • iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣ (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • maraṇam -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dhruvam -
  • dhruvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhruva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 31
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