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)

अनित्यं खलु संसारं क्षणध्वंसि शरीरकं ।
जीवितं च क्षणस्थायि धर्म एव सहानुगः ॥ ११४ ॥ {१३}

anityaṃ khalu saṃsāraṃ kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīrakaṃ |
jīvitaṃ ca kṣaṇasthāyi dharma eva sahānugaḥ || 114 || {13}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.114 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 (25.114). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anityam, Anitya, Khalu, Samsara, Kshana, Dhvamsi, Dhvamsin, Dhvas, Shariraka, Jivita, Tha, Ayi, Ayin, Dharma, Eva, Saha, Uksh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.114). 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: “anityaṃ khalu saṃsāraṃ kṣaṇadhvaṃsi śarīrakaṃ
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • śarīrakam -
  • śarīraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śarīraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “jīvitaṃ ca kṣaṇasthāyi dharma eva sahānugaḥ || 114 |
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣaṇas -
  • kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thā -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ayi -
  • ayi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ayin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ayin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • dharma* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahān -
  • saha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ug -
  • ukṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ukṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse 114
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