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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 30.42
कुम्भाण्डाश्च महावीरा महाभीमा महावलाः ।
ते ऽपि काले प्रयान्त्येव सर्वत्र मरणं ध्रुवं ॥ ४२ ॥ {४१}
kumbhāṇḍāśca mahāvīrā mahābhīmā mahāvalāḥ |
te 'pi kāle prayāntyeva sarvatra maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 42 || {41}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.42 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 (30.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Kumbhanda, Mahavira, Mahabhima, Mah, Maha, Mahi, Alas, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Kale, Kala, Prayas, Tyad, Sya, Sarvatra, Marana, 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 30.42). 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: “kumbhāṇḍāśca mahāvīrā mahābhīmā mahāvalāḥ ”
- kumbhāṇḍāś -
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kumbhāṇḍa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- ca -
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ca (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]ca (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ca (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mahāvīrā* -
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mahāvīra (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mahāvīrā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mahābhīmā* -
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mahābhīma (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mahābhīmā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- mahāva -
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mah (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]maha (noun, masculine)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]mahi (noun, masculine)[locative single]mahi (noun, feminine)[locative single]√mah (verb class 1)[imperative active first dual]
- alāḥ -
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alas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√lā (verb class 2)[imperfect active second single]
- Line 2: “te 'pi kāle prayāntyeva sarvatra maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 42 |”
- te' -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- kāle -
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kāle (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kāla (noun, masculine)[locative single]kāla (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]kālā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- prayān -
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prayas (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tye -
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tyad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sya (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]syā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
- va -
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va (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]va (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- sarvatra -
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sarvatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- maraṇam -
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maraṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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 42