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)

सुखिनो दुःखिनो भूता भ्रमंति भवसागरे ।
क्षणाल् लभन्ति संपत्तिं भवन्ति च दरिद्रिताः ॥ २४१ ॥ {९१}

sukhino duḥkhino bhūtā bhramaṃti bhavasāgare |
kṣaṇāl labhanti saṃpattiṃ bhavanti ca daridritāḥ || 241 || {91}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.241 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 (37.241). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sukhi, Sukhin, Duhkhin, Duhkhi, Bhuta, Bhramat, Bhramanti, Bhavasagara, Kshanat, Kshana, Labhat, Labhanti, Sampatti, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Daridrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.241). 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: “sukhino duḥkhino bhūtā bhramaṃti bhavasāgare
  • sukhino* -
  • sukhī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sukhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sukhin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • duḥkhino* -
  • 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]
  • bhūtā* -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhramanti -
  • bhramantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    bhramantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhramantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhramat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhram (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • bhavasāgare -
  • bhavasāgara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “kṣaṇāl labhanti saṃpattiṃ bhavanti ca daridritāḥ || 241 |
  • kṣaṇāl -
  • kṣaṇāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • labhanti -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • sampattim -
  • sampatti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daridritāḥ -
  • daridrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daridritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 241
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