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)

प्रजाश्चापि विनिर्वार्य सर्वथा पापचारणात् ।
श्रावयित्वा च सद्धर्मं योजनीयाः शुभे सदा ॥ २३० ॥ {३२}

prajāścāpi vinirvārya sarvathā pāpacāraṇāt |
śrāvayitvā ca saddharmaṃ yojanīyāḥ śubhe sadā || 230 || {32}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.230 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 (2.230). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Praja, Prajas, Capin, Capi, Arya, Sarvatha, Papa, Carana, Saddharma, Yojaniya, Shubha, Shubh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.230). 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: “prajāścāpi vinirvārya sarvathā pāpacāraṇāt
  • prajāś -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vini -
  • vi (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • rvā -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ārya -
  • ārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ār -> ārya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ār]
    ār (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sarvathā -
  • sarvathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pāpa -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāraṇāt -
  • cāraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    cāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “śrāvayitvā ca saddharmaṃ yojanīyāḥ śubhe sadā || 230 |
  • śrāvayitvā -
  • śru -> śrāvayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yojanīyāḥ -
  • yojanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    yojanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    yuj -> yojanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [nominative plural from √yuj], [vocative plural from √yuj]
    yuj -> yojanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [nominative plural from √yuj], [vocative plural from √yuj], [accusative plural from √yuj]
  • śubhe -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 230
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