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)

केषां चिज्जायते नैव नानोपायार्जनैरपि ।
एवं नानाप्रकारैश्च सत्वास्त्रैधातुकोद्भवाः ॥ ११८ ॥ {१७}

keṣāṃ cijjāyate naiva nānopāyārjanairapi |
evaṃ nānāprakāraiśca satvāstraidhātukodbhavāḥ || 118 || {17}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.118 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 (12.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Naiva, Nana, Upaya, Arjana, Api, Evam, Eva, Nanaprakara, Satvan, Astri, Astra, Aidha, Uka, Udbhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.118). 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: “keṣāṃ cijjāyate naiva nānopāyārjanairapi
  • keṣām -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse cijjāyate*na
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nāno -
  • nāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upāyā -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upāyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arjanair -
  • arjana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “evaṃ nānāprakāraiśca satvāstraidhātukodbhavāḥ || 118 |
  • 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]
  • nānāprakāraiś -
  • nānāprakāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    nānāprakāra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • satvā -
  • satvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    satvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • astrai -
  • astṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [instrumental single]
    astṛ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    astra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aidhāt -
  • aidha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • uko -
  • uka (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • udbhavāḥ -
  • udbhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    udbhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 118
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