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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 28.24
धर्मं विनात्र संसारे किं सारं जन्म मानुषे ।
परस्परं निहत्यैव यास्यंति नरके ध्रुवं ॥ २४ ॥ {२४}
dharmaṃ vinātra saṃsāre kiṃ sāraṃ janma mānuṣe |
parasparaṃ nihatyaiva yāsyaṃti narake dhruvaṃ || 24 || {24}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.24 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 (28.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Dharma, Vina, Samsara, Samsari, Kim, Sara, Janma, Janman, Manusha, Parasparam, Paraspara, Nihatya, Yasyat, Yasyanti, Naraka, Dhruvam, Dhruva,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.24). 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: “dharmaṃ vinātra saṃsāre kiṃ sāraṃ janma mānuṣe ”
- dharmam -
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dharma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dharman (noun, masculine)[adverb]dharman (noun, neuter)[adverb]dharmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vināt -
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vina (noun, masculine)[adverb], [ablative single]vina (noun, neuter)[adverb], [ablative single]
- ra -
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ra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- saṃsāre -
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saṃsāra (noun, masculine)[locative single]saṃsāri (noun, masculine)[vocative single]saṃsāri (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- sāram -
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sāra (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]sāra (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]sārā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)[absolutive from √sṛ]√sṛ -> sāram (absolutive)[absolutive from √sṛ]
- janma -
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janma (indeclinable)[indeclinable]janma (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]janman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- mānuṣe -
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mānuṣa (noun, masculine)[locative single]mānuṣa (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- Line 2: “parasparaṃ nihatyaiva yāsyaṃti narake dhruvaṃ || 24 |”
- parasparam -
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parasparam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]paraspara (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]paraspara (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]parasparā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- nihatyai -
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nihatya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nihatya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- aiva -
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√i (verb class 2)[imperfect active first dual]
- yāsyanti -
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√yā -> yāsyat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yā class 2 verb]√yā -> yāsyantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √yā class 2 verb]√yā (verb class 2)[future active third plural]
- narake -
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naraka (noun, masculine)[locative single]naraka (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- dhruvam -
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dhruvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]dhruva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]dhruva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]dhruvā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 24