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)

कस्य न जन्म मृत्युश्च मरनांतं हि जीवितं ।
यावन्तो मनुजाः सत्वा मर्त्यलोकेषु भूमिषु ।
स्वकृतकर्मभुंजाना भ्रमंति सुखदुःखिताः ॥ १९ ॥ {१८}

kasya na janma mṛtyuśca maranāṃtaṃ hi jīvitaṃ |
yāvanto manujāḥ satvā martyalokeṣu bhūmiṣu |
svakṛtakarmabhuṃjānā bhramaṃti sukhaduḥkhitāḥ || 19 || {18}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.19 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 (30.19). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Janma, Janman, Mrityu, Marat, Antam, Anta, Jivita, Yavat, Manuja, Satvan, Martyaloka, Bhumi, Svakrita, Karman, Bhunja, Bhramat, Bhramanti, Sukhaduhkhin, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.19). 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: “kasya na janma mṛtyuśca maranāṃtaṃ hi jīvitaṃ
  • kasya -
  • 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 -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mṛtyuś -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • maran -
  • mṛ -> marat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb]
  • āntam -
  • āntam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ānta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ānta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āntā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “yāvanto manujāḥ satvā martyalokeṣu bhūmiṣu
  • yāvanto* -
  • yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • manujāḥ -
  • manuja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    manujā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • satvā -
  • satvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • martyalokeṣu -
  • martyaloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • bhūmiṣu -
  • bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    bhūmī (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 3: “svakṛtakarmabhuṃjānā bhramaṃti sukhaduḥkhitāḥ || 19 |
  • svakṛta -
  • svakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhuñjān -
  • bhuñja (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ā* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhramanti -
  • bhramantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    bhramantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhramantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhramat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhram (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • sukhaduḥkhi -
  • sukhaduḥkhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sukhaduḥkhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tāḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 19
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