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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 29.210
मातुरेवं महद्दुःखं गर्ब्भस्थस्य शिशोर्न किं ।
एतद्दुःखमहं सोढुं न शक्नुयां कथं चन ॥ २१० ॥ {९}
māturevaṃ mahadduḥkhaṃ garbbhasthasya śiśorna kiṃ |
etadduḥkhamahaṃ soḍhuṃ na śaknuyāṃ kathaṃ cana || 210 || {9}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.210 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 (29.210). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Matura, Mahat, Duhkham, Duhkha, Shishu, Kim, Etad, Aha, Asmad, Katham, Katha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.210). 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: “māturevaṃ mahadduḥkhaṃ garbbhasthasya śiśorna kiṃ ”
- māture -
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mātura (noun, masculine)[locative single]mātura (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- vam -
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va (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]va (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]vā (noun, feminine)[adverb]ve (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- mahad -
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atimahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- duḥkham -
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duḥkham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]duḥkha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]duḥkhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse garbbhasthasya*śi
- śiśor -
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śiśu (noun, masculine)[ablative single], [genitive single]śiśu (noun, feminine)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “etadduḥkhamahaṃ soḍhuṃ na śaknuyāṃ kathaṃ cana || 210 |”
- etad -
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etad (indeclinable)[indeclinable]etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- duḥkham -
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duḥkham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]duḥkha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]duḥkhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- aham -
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aha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative single]
- Cannot analyse soḍhum*na
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śaknuyām -
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√śak (verb class 5)[optative active first single]
- katham -
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katham (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]katham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kathā (noun, feminine)[adverb]katha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]katha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- cana* -
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- Cannot analyse 210