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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 35.58
तेषां च निस्फलं जन्म मानुष्ये दुःखसाधनं ।
ये न कुर्वन्ति सत्कारं सांघिकेषु कदा चन ॥ ५८ ॥ {५८}
teṣāṃ ca nisphalaṃ janma mānuṣye duḥkhasādhanaṃ |
ye na kurvanti satkāraṃ sāṃghikeṣu kadā cana || 58 || {58}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.58 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 (35.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Tad, Janma, Janman, Manushya, Duhkha, Sadhana, Yah, Yat, Kurvat, Satkara, Sanghika, Kada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.58). 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: “teṣāṃ ca nisphalaṃ janma mānuṣye duḥkhasādhanaṃ ”
- teṣām -
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tad (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]sa (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse nisphalam*ja
- 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]
- mānuṣye -
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mānuṣya (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mānuṣyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- duḥkha -
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duḥkha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sādhanam -
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sādhana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sādhana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sādhanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “ye na kurvanti satkāraṃ sāṃghikeṣu kadā cana || 58 |”
- 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]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- kurvanti -
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kurvat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third plural]
- satkāram -
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satkāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]
- sāṅghikeṣu -
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sāṅghika (noun, masculine)[locative plural]sāṅghika (noun, neuter)[locative plural]
- 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 58