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)

यदिमे चंचला भोगा जलचंद्रनिभा मम ।
अनित्या अस्थिराः पद्मपत्रस्थितजलोपमा ॥ २३ ॥ {२३}

yadime caṃcalā bhogā jalacaṃdranibhā mama |
anityā asthirāḥ padmapatrasthitajalopamā || 23 || {23}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.23 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 (15.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Asmad, Cancala, Bhoga, Jalacandra, Nibha, Anitya, Asthira, Padmapatra, Sthita, Jala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.23). 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: “yadime caṃcalā bhogā jalacaṃdranibhā mama
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • cañcalā* -
  • cañcala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    cañcalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhogā* -
  • bhoga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhogā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jalacandra -
  • jalacandra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nibhā* -
  • nibha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nibhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mama -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • Line 2: “anityā asthirāḥ padmapatrasthitajalopamā || 23 |
  • anityā* -
  • anitya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • asthirāḥ -
  • asthira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    asthirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • padmapatra -
  • padmapatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    padmapatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sthita -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • jalo -
  • jala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • upamā* -
  • Cannot analyse 23
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