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)

एवं सा पापिनी प्रेती दृष्टातिदुःखिता मया ।
किं तया प्रकृतं पापं मर्त्यलोके सुदारुणं ॥ ५० ॥ {५०}

evaṃ sā pāpinī pretī dṛṣṭātiduḥkhitā mayā |
kiṃ tayā prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ martyaloke sudāruṇaṃ || 50 || {50}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.50 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 (4.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Papin, Papini, Preti, Drishta, Atiduhkhita, Maya, Asmad, Kim, Prakrita, Prakrit, Papam, Papa, Martyaloka, Sudaruna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.50). 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: “evaṃ pāpinī pretī dṛṣṭātiduḥkhitā mayā
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pāpinī -
  • pāpinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pāpin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pretī -
  • pretī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pretī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    preti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dṛṣṭā -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • atiduḥkhitā* -
  • atiduḥkhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    atiduḥkhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “kiṃ tayā prakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ martyaloke sudāruṇaṃ || 50 |
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • prakṛtam -
  • prakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prakṛt (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pāpam -
  • pāpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • martyaloke -
  • martyaloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sudāruṇam -
  • sudāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sudāruṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sudāruṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 50
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