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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 37.148
धिग्मे जीवितमेवं हि ब्राह्मणस्यापि दुःखिनः ।
वरमेवाद्येतन्मृत्युर्न त्वेव चिरजीवितुं ॥ १४८ ॥ {४८}
dhigme jīvitamevaṃ hi brāhmaṇasyāpi duḥkhinaḥ |
varamevādyetanmṛtyurna tveva cirajīvituṃ || 148 || {48}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.148 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 (37.148). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dha, Gma, Jivita, Evam, Eva, Brahmana, Api, Duhkhin, Duhkhi, Varama, Vadi, Vadin, Vadya, Etad, Mrityu, Tva, Cira,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.148). 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: “dhigme jīvitamevaṃ hi brāhmaṇasyāpi duḥkhinaḥ ”
- dhi -
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dhi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]dhī (noun, feminine)[adverb]dhā (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- gme -
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gmā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- jīvitam -
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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]
- evam -
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evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- brāhmaṇasyā -
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brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)[genitive single]brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- duḥkhinaḥ -
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duḥkhin (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]duḥkhin (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]duḥkhī (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- Line 2: “varamevādyetanmṛtyurna tveva cirajīvituṃ || 148 |”
- varame -
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varamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vādye -
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vādi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vādi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vādi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vādin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]vādin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vādī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single], [dative single]vādī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vādī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vādya (noun, masculine)[locative single]vādya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]vādyā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)[locative single from √vad class 1 verb], [locative single from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [locative single from √vad class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vad], [vocative dual from √vad], [accusative dual from √vad], [locative single from √vad]√vad -> vādyā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vad class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √vad], [vocative single from √vad], [vocative dual from √vad], [accusative dual from √vad]√vad (verb class 0)[present passive first single]
- etan -
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etad (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]etad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- mṛtyur -
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mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- tve -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]tva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]tva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- eva -
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eva (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]eva (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eva (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- cira -
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cira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]cira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jīvitum -
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√jīv -> jīvitum (infinitive)[infinitive from √jīv]
- Cannot analyse 148