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)

स इहापि परिभ्रष्टः परत्र दुर्गतिं व्रजेत् ।
येनैवं सद्गतिप्राप्तिस्तदैव कर्म्म साधयेत् ॥ ७४ ॥ {७४}

sa ihāpi paribhraṣṭaḥ paratra durgatiṃ vrajet |
yenaivaṃ sadgatiprāptistadaiva karmma sādhayet || 74 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.74 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 (12.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sah, Iha, Api, Paribhrashta, Paratra, Durgati, Yena, Yah, Yat, Evam, Eva, Prapti, Tada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.74). 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: “sa ihāpi paribhraṣṭaḥ paratra durgatiṃ vrajet
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ihā -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • paribhraṣṭaḥ -
  • paribhraṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paratra -
  • paratra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • durgatim -
  • durgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    durgati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vrajet -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “yenaivaṃ sadgatiprāptistadaiva karmma sādhayet || 74 |
  • yenai -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • 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]
  • sadgati -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • prāptis -
  • prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tadai -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • Cannot analyse karmma*sā
  • sādhayet -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 74
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