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)

ततः शब्दात्समुच्चेरुर्गाथा एवं प्रचोदिनाः ।
तद्यथेह भवे सर्वं दुःखं शून्यं ह्यनात्मकं ॥ ६२ ॥ {६२}

tataḥ śabdātsamuccerurgāthā evaṃ pracodināḥ |
tadyatheha bhave sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyaṃ hyanātmakaṃ || 62 || {62}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.62 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 (14.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Shabda, Samucci, Gatha, Evam, Eva, Pracodin, Tat, Yatha, Iha, Bhava, Bhu, Sarvam, Sarva, Duhkham, Duhkha, Shunya, Anatmaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.62). 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: “tataḥ śabdātsamuccerurgāthā evaṃ pracodināḥ
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • śabdāt -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • samuccer -
  • samucci (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    samucci (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • rur -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gāthā* -
  • gātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gāthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • evam -
  • 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]
  • pracodinā -
  • pracodin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pracodin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “tadyatheha bhave sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ śūnyaṃ hyanātmakaṃ || 62 |
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yathe -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • duḥkham -
  • duḥkham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śūnyam -
  • śūnya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śūnya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śūnyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • anātmakam -
  • anātmaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anātmaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anātmakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 62
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