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)

यद्देवताप्रसादेन जायते संततिः खलु ।
एवं चेद्वा तथा राजन्नेकैकस्य भवेत्खलु ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

yaddevatāprasādena jāyate saṃtatiḥ khalu |
evaṃ cedvā tathā rājannekaikasya bhavetkhalu || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.38 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 (9.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yaddevata, Aprasada, Jayat, Santati, Khalu, Evam, Eva, Ced, Tatha, Rajanna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.38). 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: “yaddevatāprasādena jāyate saṃtatiḥ khalu
  • yaddevatā -
  • yaddevata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaddevata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaddevatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aprasādena -
  • aprasāda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • santatiḥ -
  • santati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    santati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “evaṃ cedvā tathā rājannekaikasya bhavetkhalu || 38 |
  • 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]
  • ced -
  • ced (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ced (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • rājanne -
  • rājanna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rājanna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • kaikasya -
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 38
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