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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 20.42
अवश्यं मृत्युमाप्नुयां सर्वेषां मरणं ध्रुवं ।
तदत्र मे शरीरे का स्नेहता जीविते ऽपि वा ॥ ४२ ॥ {३२}
avaśyaṃ mṛtyumāpnuyāṃ sarveṣāṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ |
tadatra me śarīre kā snehatā jīvite 'pi vā || 42 || {32}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.42 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 (20.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Avashyam, Mrityu, Sarva, Marana, Dhruvam, Dhruva, Tada, Tra, Asmad, Sharira, Snehat, Jivita, Api,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.42). 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: “avaśyaṃ mṛtyumāpnuyāṃ sarveṣāṃ maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ ”
- avaśyam -
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avaśyam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]avaśyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- mṛtyum -
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mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- āpnuyām -
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√āp (verb class 5)[optative active first single]
- sarveṣām -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sarva (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- maraṇam -
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maraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- dhruvam -
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dhruvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dhruva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhruva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhruvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “tadatra me śarīre kā snehatā jīvite 'pi vā || 42 |”
- tada -
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tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tra -
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tra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- 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]
- śarīre -
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śarīra (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- snehatā -
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√snih -> snehat (participle, masculine)[instrumental single from √snih class 1 verb]√snih -> snehat (participle, neuter)[instrumental single from √snih class 1 verb]
- jīvite' -
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jīvita (noun, masculine)[locative single]jīvita (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]jīvitā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)[locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]√jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- vā* -
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- Cannot analyse 42