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)

अत्यर्थव्ययता यत्र विद्यते न तथागमः ।
सा च संपत्कियत्कालं तिष्ठेत्क्षीणं व्रजेत्क्रमात् ॥ २४ ॥ {२४}

atyarthavyayatā yatra vidyate na tathāgamaḥ |
sā ca saṃpatkiyatkālaṃ tiṣṭhetkṣīṇaṃ vrajetkramāt || 24 || {24}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.24 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 (3.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atyartha, Vyayat, Yatra, Tatha, Agama, Sampad, Sampat, Kiyatkalam, Kshina, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.24). 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: “atyarthavyayatā yatra vidyate na tathāgamaḥ
  • atyartha -
  • atyartha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atyartha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vyayatā -
  • vyā -> vyayat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vyā class 1 verb]
    vyā -> vyayat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vyā class 1 verb]
    vyay -> vyayat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vyay class 1 verb]
    vyay -> vyayat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vyay class 1 verb]
  • yatra -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyate -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 7)
    [present passive third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agamaḥ -
  • agama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    gam (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
    gam (verb class 2)
    [aorist active second single]
    gam (verb class 3)
    [aorist active second single]
  • Line 2: “ ca saṃpatkiyatkālaṃ tiṣṭhetkṣīṇaṃ vrajetkramāt || 24 |
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sampat -
  • sampad (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sampat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sampat (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sampat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kiyatkālam -
  • kiyatkālam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tiṣṭhet -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kṣīṇam -
  • kṣīṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣīṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣīṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
    kṣī -> kṣīṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṣī class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṣī class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṣī class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṣī class 9 verb]
  • vrajet -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 24
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