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)

Verse 4.125

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जलदानोद्भवं पुण्यं संख्यातुं नैव शक्यते ।
सर्वैरपि मुनींद्रैश्च किमन्यैर्विबुद्धैर्जनैः ॥ १२५ ॥ {१६}

jaladānodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃkhyātuṃ naiva śakyate |
sarvairapi munīṃdraiśca kimanyairvibuddhairjanaiḥ || 125 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.125 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 (4.125). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jaladana, Udbhava, Punya, Sankhya, Naiva, Shakyata, Sarva, Api, Munindra, Kim, Anya, Vibuddha, Jana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.125). 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: “jaladānodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ saṃkhyātuṃ naiva śakyate ”
jaladāno -
jaladāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
udbhavam -
udbhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

udbhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
puṇyam -
puṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

puṇya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

puṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
saṅkhyāt -
saṅkhya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

saṅkhya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
um -
u (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
śakyate -
śakyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√śak (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “sarvairapi munīṃdraiśca kimanyairvibuddhairjanaiḥ || 125 |”
sarvair -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
munīndraiś -
munīndra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
anyair -
anya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vibuddhair -
vibuddha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vibuddha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
janaiḥ -
jana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

jana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Cannot analyse 125

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021