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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 8.30
वत्सलो वांधवो को नु को वा दुष्टाशयो रिपुः ।
किं महद्दारुणं दुःखं किं महत्परमं सुखं ॥ ३० ॥ {३०}
vatsalo vāṃdhavo ko nu ko vā duṣṭāśayo ripuḥ |
kiṃ mahaddāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ mahatparamaṃ sukhaṃ || 30 || {30}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.30 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 (8.30). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Vatsala, Vat, Yushmad, Kah, Var, Dushta, Ashaya, Ashi, Ripu, Kim, Mahat, Daruna, Duhkham, Duhkha, Paramam, Parama, Sukham, Sukha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.30). 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: “vatsalo vāṃdhavo ko nu ko vā duṣṭāśayo ripuḥ ”
- vatsalo* -
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vatsala (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vān -
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va (noun, masculine)[accusative plural]√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vā class 2 verb]√vā -> vāt (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √vā class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vā class 1 verb]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
- dhavo -
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- ko* -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- nu -
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nu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]nu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nau (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- ko* -
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kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]ka (noun, masculine)[nominative single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]
- vā* -
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vār (noun, masculine)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]vār (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]va (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- duṣṭā -
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duṣṭa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]duṣṭa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]duṣṭā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āśayo* -
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āśaya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]āśi (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ripuḥ -
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ripu (noun, masculine)[nominative single]ripu (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “kiṃ mahaddāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ kiṃ mahatparamaṃ sukhaṃ || 30 |”
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mahad -
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atimahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dāruṇam -
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dāruṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dāruṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dāruṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- duḥkham -
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duḥkham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]duḥkha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]duḥkha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]duḥkhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- mahat -
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atimahat (noun, masculine)[compound]mahat (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- paramam -
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paramam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]parama (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]parama (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]paramā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- sukham -
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sukham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sukha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sukha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sukhā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 30