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)

किमनेनापि जीवेन केवलदुःखभोगिना ।
तदत्र मर्त्तुमिछामि नैव जीवेय दुःखभाक् ॥ १४९ ॥ {४९}

kimanenāpi jīvena kevaladuḥkhabhoginā |
tadatra marttumichāmi naiva jīveya duḥkhabhāk || 149 || {49}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.149 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 (37.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Ana, Anena, Idam, Api, Jiva, Kevala, Duhkha, Bhogin, Tada, Tra, Naiva, Jivan, Duhkhabhaj,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.149). 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: “kimanenāpi jīvena kevaladuḥkhabhoginā
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • anenā -
  • anena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anena (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    anenā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • jīvena -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kevala -
  • kevala (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kevala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • duḥkha -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhoginā -
  • bhogin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhogin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “tadatra marttumichāmi naiva jīveya duḥkhabhāk || 149 |
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse marttumichāmi*na
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jīve -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    jīvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • duḥkhabhāk -
  • duḥkhabhāj (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    duḥkhabhāj (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 149
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