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 मृत्यु भवे नास्ति कुत्र मृत्योर्भयं न हि ।
सर्वलोकान् ग्रसेन्मृत्युरेको ऽपि स महावलिः ॥ ९७ ॥ {९७}

kasya mṛtyu bhave nāsti kutra mṛtyorbhayaṃ na hi |
sarvalokān grasenmṛtyureko 'pi sa mahāvaliḥ || 97 || {97}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.97 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 (35.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Bhava, Bhu, Nasti, Kutra, Mriti, Mrityu, Bhaya, Sarvaloka, Eka, Api, Mah, Maha, Mahi, Ali,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.97). 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 mṛtyu bhave nāsti kutra mṛtyorbhayaṃ na hi
  • 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]
  • mṛtyu -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kutra -
  • kutra (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mṛtyor -
  • mṛti (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhayam -
  • bhaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “sarvalokān grasenmṛtyureko 'pi sa mahāvaliḥ || 97 |
  • sarvalokān -
  • sarvaloka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • grasen -
  • gras (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mṛtyur -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eko' -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahāva -
  • mah (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    maha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mahi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mahi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • aliḥ -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 97
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