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)

यानि श्रुत्वापि दृष्ट्वापि भावयित्वानुमोद्य च ।
पतन्तो नरकेष्वेव क्लेशान्धानि च सन्ति हि ॥ १५७ ॥ {५६}

yāni śrutvāpi dṛṣṭvāpi bhāvayitvānumodya ca |
patanto narakeṣveva kleśāndhāni ca santi hi || 157 || {56}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.157 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 (11.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yani, Yat, Api, Bhavayitva, Patat, Naraka, Eva, Klesha, Dha, Dhani, Sat, Santi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.157). 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: “yāni śrutvāpi dṛṣṭvāpi bhāvayitvānumodya ca
  • yāni -
  • yānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • bhāvayitvā -
  • bhū -> bhāvayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
    bhāvayitvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anumodya -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “patanto narakeṣveva kleśāndhāni ca santi hi || 157 |
  • patanto* -
  • patat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pat -> patat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
  • narakeṣve -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kleśān -
  • kleśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dhāni -
  • dhānī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dhānin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • santi -
  • santi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    santi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    santi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse 157
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