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)

याः काश्चिद् रश्मयो याता अधस्तान्नरकेष्वपि ।
ताश्च निश्चरितास्तावत्संजीवं कालसूत्रकं ॥ १९९ ॥ {[८९]}

yāḥ kāścid raśmayo yātā adhastānnarakeṣvapi |
tāśca niścaritāstāvatsaṃjīvaṃ kālasūtrakaṃ || 199 || {[89]}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.199 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 (1.199). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Cit, Rashmi, Yata, Adhastat, Araka, Api, Tas, Nih, Carita, Tavat, Sanjiva, Kalasutraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.199). 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: “yāḥ kāścid raśmayo yātā adhastānnarakeṣvapi
  • yāḥ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kāś -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cid -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • raśmayo* -
  • raśmi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yātā* -
  • yāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    -> yāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> yātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb]
  • adhastānn -
  • adhastāt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • arakeṣva -
  • araka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “tāśca niścaritāstāvatsaṃjīvaṃ kālasūtrakaṃ || 199 |
  • tāś -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niś -
  • niḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    niḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • caritās -
  • carita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    caritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāvat -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sañjīvam -
  • sañjīva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sañjīva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sañjīvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kālasūtrakam -
  • kālasūtraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 199
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