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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 30.13
कस्य न जन्म मृत्युश्च मरणांतं हि जीवितं ।
यावंतः प्रेतिकाः सत्वाः सर्वे प्रेतालयेष्वपि ॥ १३ ॥ {१३}
kasya na janma mṛtyuśca maraṇāṃtaṃ hi jīvitaṃ |
yāvaṃtaḥ pretikāḥ satvāḥ sarve pretālayeṣvapi || 13 || {13}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.13 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 (30.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kah, Kim, Janma, Janman, Mrityu, Marananta, Jivita, Yavat, Pretika, Satvan, Sarva, Pretalaya, Api,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “kasya na janma mṛtyuśca maraṇāṃtaṃ hi jīvitaṃ ”
- kasya -
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√kas -> kasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kas]ka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- janma -
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janma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]janma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]janman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mṛtyuś -
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mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- maraṇāntam -
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maraṇānta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]maraṇānta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]maraṇāntā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- jīvitam -
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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]
- Line 2: “yāvaṃtaḥ pretikāḥ satvāḥ sarve pretālayeṣvapi || 13 |”
- yāvantaḥ -
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yāvat (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- pretikāḥ -
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pretika (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- satvā -
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satvan (noun, masculine)[compound], [nominative single]satvan (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- aḥ -
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a (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ṛ (noun, feminine)[vocative single]ṛ (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- sarve -
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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]
- pretālayeṣva -
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pretālaya (noun, masculine)[locative plural]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]api (Preverb)[Preverb]
- Cannot analyse 13