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)

तथा नैव प्रमाणं स्याच्छास्त्रे कर्मप्रमाणतः ।
तत्तु देवप्रसादेन कर्मश्शीघ्रं प्रसिद्ध्यते ॥ ५१ ॥ {५१}

tathā naiva pramāṇaṃ syācchāstre karmapramāṇataḥ |
tattu devaprasādena karmaśśīghraṃ prasiddhyate || 51 || {51}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.51 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 (1.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Naiva, Pramana, Syat, Sya, Shastri, Shastra, Karman, Pramanatah, Tat, Tad, Devaprasada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.51). 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: “tathā naiva pramāṇaṃ syācchāstre karmapramāṇataḥ
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pramāṇam -
  • pramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • syācch -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • śāstre -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śāstra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pramāṇataḥ -
  • pramāṇataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “tattu devaprasādena karmaśśīghraṃ prasiddhyate || 51 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • devaprasādena -
  • devaprasāda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse karmaśśīghram*pr
  • Cannot analyse prasiddhyate*51
  • Cannot analyse 51
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