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)

अनित्या भिक्षवः सर्वे संस्कारा अध्रुवाः क्षणाः ।
विपरिणामधर्माणो ऽस्थिरा नास्वासिका अपि ॥ ८ ॥ {८}

anityā bhikṣavaḥ sarve saṃskārā adhruvāḥ kṣaṇāḥ |
vipariṇāmadharmāṇo 'sthirā nāsvāsikā api || 8 || {8}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.8 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 (30.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anitya, Bhikshu, Sarva, Samskara, Adhruva, Kshana, Viparinama, Dharman, Asthira, Asika, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.8). 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: “anityā bhikṣavaḥ sarve saṃskārā adhruvāḥ kṣaṇāḥ
  • anityā* -
  • anitya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • saṃskārā* -
  • saṃskāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saṃskārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • adhruvāḥ -
  • adhruva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    adhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṣaṇāḥ -
  • kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “vipariṇāmadharmāṇo 'sthirā nāsvāsikā api || 8 |
  • vipariṇāma -
  • vipariṇāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmāṇo' -
  • dharman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • asthirā* -
  • asthira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    asthirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nāsvā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • āsikā* -
  • āsika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    āsikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse 8
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