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)

शुभस्य शुभतैव स्यात्कृष्णस्य कृष्णतैव हि ।
मिश्रस्य मिश्रितैव स्यादन्यथा न सदा भवेत् ॥ २५२ ॥ {५२}

śubhasya śubhataiva syātkṛṣṇasya kṛṣṇataiva hi |
miśrasya miśritaiva syādanyathā na sadā bhavet || 252 || {52}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.252 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 (10.252). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubha, Shubhat, Syat, Sya, Krishna, Krishnata, Mishra, Mishrita, Anyatha, Sada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.252). 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: “śubhasya śubhataiva syātkṛṣṇasya kṛṣṇataiva hi
  • śubhasya -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • śubhatai -
  • śubh -> śubhat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √śubh class 6 verb]
    śubh -> śubhat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √śubh class 6 verb]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kṛṣṇasya -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kṛṣṇatai -
  • kṛṣṇatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “miśrasya miśritaiva syādanyathā na sadā bhavet || 252 |
  • miśrasya -
  • miśra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    miśra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • miśritai -
  • miśrita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    miśrita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    miśritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    miśr -> miśrita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √miśr class 10 verb]
    miśr -> miśrita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √miśr class 10 verb]
    miśr -> miśritā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √miśr class 10 verb]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • anyathā* -
  • anyathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 252
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