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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 10.29
वरमेवाद्य मृत्युर्न मिथ्याचिरजीवनं ।
यस्माच्चिरमपि स्थित्वा मृत्युदुःखं तदैव हि ॥ २९ ॥ {२९}
varamevādya mṛtyurna mithyācirajīvanaṃ |
yasmācciramapi sthitvā mṛtyuduḥkhaṃ tadaiva hi || 29 || {29}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.29 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 (10.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Varama, Vadya, Mrityu, Mithya, Acira, Jivana, Yasmat, Yah, Yat, Ciram, Cira, Api, Sthitva, Duhkham, Duhkha, Tada,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.29). 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: “varamevādya mṛtyurna mithyācirajīvanaṃ ”
- varame -
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varamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vādya -
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vādya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vādya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)[compound from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)[compound from √vad]√vad -> vādya (absolutive)[absolutive from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad]√vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad]
- 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]
- mithyā -
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mithyā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√mith -> mithya (absolutive)[absolutive from √mith]mithya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]mithya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- acira -
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acira (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]acira (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- jīvanam -
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jīvana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]jīvana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]jīvanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Line 2: “yasmācciramapi sthitvā mṛtyuduḥkhaṃ tadaiva hi || 29 |”
- yasmāc -
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yasmāt (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[ablative single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[ablative single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[ablative single]
- ciram -
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ciram (indeclinable)[indeclinable]cira (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]cira (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]cirā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- sthitvā -
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sthitvā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]√sthā -> sthitvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √sthā]
- mṛtyu -
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mṛtyu (noun, masculine)[compound], [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]
- tadai -
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tadā (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tadā (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tadā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]tadā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- Cannot analyse 29