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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 34.54
अहो चित्रं कथं दुःखं प्रस्रब्धं जायते सुखं ।
इतश्च्युताः कुहान्यत्र संप्राप्ताः सांप्रतं वयं ॥ ५४ ॥ {५४}
aho citraṃ kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ prasrabdhaṃ jāyate sukhaṃ |
itaścyutāḥ kuhānyatra saṃprāptāḥ sāṃprataṃ vayaṃ || 54 || {54}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.54 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 (34.54). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Ahu, Citram, Citra, Katham, Katha, Duhkham, Duhkha, Jayat, Sukham, Sukha, Itah, Ita, Cyuta, Kuha, Yatra, Samprapta, Sampratam, Samprata, Vaya, Asmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.54). 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: “aho citraṃ kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ prasrabdhaṃ jāyate sukhaṃ ”
- aho -
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ahu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]ahu (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- citram -
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citram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]citra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]citra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]citrā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- 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]
- 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 prasrabdham*jā
- jāyate -
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√jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)[dative single from √jai class 1 verb]√jai (verb class 1)[present middle third single]√jan (verb class 4)[present middle third single]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “itaścyutāḥ kuhānyatra saṃprāptāḥ sāṃprataṃ vayaṃ || 54 |”
- itaś -
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itaḥ (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ita (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√i -> ita (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]√i (verb class 2)[present active third dual]
- cyutāḥ -
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cyuta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]cyutā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- kuhān -
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kuha (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]
- yatra -
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yatra (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yatra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]yatra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- samprāptāḥ -
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samprāpta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]samprāptā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sāmpratam -
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sāmpratam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sāmprata (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāmprata (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sāmpratā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vayam -
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vaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative dual]
- Cannot analyse 54