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)

अह्यथापि भवेन्नैव विपाके कर्मणः फलं ।
यदुप्तं भूतले बीजं तदेव सूयते फलं ॥ १६६ ॥ {६७}

ahyathāpi bhavennaiva vipāke karmaṇaḥ phalaṃ |
yaduptaṃ bhūtale bījaṃ tadeva sūyate phalaṃ || 166 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.166 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 (17.166). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahi, Athapi, Naiva, Vipaka, Karman, Phala, Yat, Yad, Upta, Bhutala, Bija, Tada, Iva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.166). 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: “ahyathāpi bhavennaiva vipāke karmaṇaḥ phalaṃ
  • ahya -
  • ahi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ahī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ahī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ah -> ahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ah]
  • athāpi -
  • athāpi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhaven -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vipāke -
  • vipāka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vipāka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vipākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • karmaṇaḥ -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “yaduptaṃ bhūtale bījaṃ tadeva sūyate phalaṃ || 166 |
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • uptam -
  • upta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uptā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vap -> upta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap -> upta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap -> upta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap -> upta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]
  • bhūtale -
  • bhūtala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • bījam -
  • bīja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bīja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bījā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tade -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sūyate -
  • su (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
    su (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    su (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 166
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