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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)
Verse 20.41
यत्र पुण्यं सुखं नास्ति तत्र किं जीवितेन मे ।
वरमेवाद्य मे मृत्युर्न त्वेवं चिरजीवितं ॥ ४१ ॥ {३१}
yatra puṇyaṃ sukhaṃ nāsti tatra kiṃ jīvitena me |
varamevādya me mṛtyurna tvevaṃ cirajīvitaṃ || 41 || {31}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.41 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 (20.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yatra, Punya, Sukham, Sukha, Nasti, Tatra, Kim, Jivita, Asmad, Varama, Vadya, Mrityu, Tva, Evam, Eva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.41). 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: “yatra puṇyaṃ sukhaṃ nāsti tatra kiṃ jīvitena me ”
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- puṇyam -
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puṇya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]puṇya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]puṇyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nāsti -
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nāsti (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- tatra -
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tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- jīvitena -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √jīv class 1 verb]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “varamevādya me mṛtyurna tvevaṃ cirajīvitaṃ || 41 |”
- varame -
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varamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vādya -
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vādya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vādya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vad]√vad -> vādya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad]
- me -
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ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- mṛtyur -
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mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tve -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]tva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]tva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- evam -
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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]
- cirajīvitam -
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cirajīvitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 41