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)

एवं हि भिक्षवः सर्वे मन्यध्वं कर्मसंभवं ।
सुखं दुःखं च संसारे भ्रमतां सर्वदेहिनां ॥ १६३ ॥ {६४}

evaṃ hi bhikṣavaḥ sarve manyadhvaṃ karmasaṃbhavaṃ |
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca saṃsāre bhramatāṃ sarvadehināṃ || 163 || {64}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.163 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 (17.163). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Bhikshu, Sarva, Karmasambhava, Sukham, Sukha, Duhkham, Duhkha, Samsara, Samsari, Bhramat, Bhramata, Sarvadehin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.163). 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: “evaṃ hi bhikṣavaḥ sarve manyadhvaṃ karmasaṃbhavaṃ
  • evam -
  • 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]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhikṣavaḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • manyadhvam -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [imperative middle second plural], [imperative passive second plural]
    man (verb class 8)
    [imperative passive second plural]
  • karmasambhavam -
  • karmasambhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karmasambhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karmasambhavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca saṃsāre bhramatāṃ sarvadehināṃ || 163 |
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • duḥkham -
  • duḥkham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • bhramatām -
  • bhramat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhramat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhramatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhram (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third dual]
  • sarvadehinām -
  • sarvadehin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarvadehin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse 163
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