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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 35.56
किं तेषां मानुषे जन्म निस्फलं सर्वसाधनं ।
ये ध्यात्वापि जिनं स्मृत्वा भजंति न कदा चन ॥ ५६ ॥ {५६}
kiṃ teṣāṃ mānuṣe janma nisphalaṃ sarvasādhanaṃ |
ye dhyātvāpi jinaṃ smṛtvā bhajaṃti na kadā cana || 56 || {56}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.56 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 (35.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kim, Tad, Manusha, Janma, Janman, Sarvasadhana, Yah, Yat, Dhyatva, Api, Jina, Smritva, Kada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.56). 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: “kiṃ teṣāṃ mānuṣe janma nisphalaṃ sarvasādhanaṃ ”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- mānuṣe -
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mānuṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative 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]
- Cannot analyse nisphalam*sa
- sarvasādhanam -
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sarvasādhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sarvasādhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sarvasādhanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ye dhyātvāpi jinaṃ smṛtvā bhajaṃti na kadā cana || 56 |”
- ye -
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ya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]yā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative plural]yat (pronoun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- dhyātvā -
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dhyātva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhyā]√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhyā]dhyātvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- jinam -
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jina (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jina (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jinā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- smṛtvā* -
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smṛtvā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- bhajanti -
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√bhaj (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kadā -
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kadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]kadā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cana* -
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- Cannot analyse 56