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)

शुभेन सद्गतिं यान्ति पपिन दुर्गतिं सदा ।
इत्याख्यातं जिनैः सर्वैः किं नैतच्छ्रूयते त्वया ॥ ४८ ॥ {४७}

śubhena sadgatiṃ yānti papina durgatiṃ sadā |
ityākhyātaṃ jinaiḥ sarvaiḥ kiṃ naitacchrūyate tvayā || 48 || {47}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.48 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 (19.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubha, Sadgati, Yantin, Yanti, Papi, Durgati, Sada, Sad, Iti, Itya, Akhyata, Jina, Sarva, Kim, Nri, Etad, Tva, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.48). 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: “śubhena sadgatiṃ yānti papina durgatiṃ sadā
  • śubhena -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sadgatim -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • yānti -
  • yāntin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāntin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yāntī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    yāntī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāntī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • papi -
  • papi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    papi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    papi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    papī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • durgatim -
  • durgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    durgati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ityākhyātaṃ jinaiḥ sarvaiḥ kiṃ naitacchrūyate tvayā || 48 |
  • ityā -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> itya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
    ityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ityā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • ākhyātam -
  • ākhyāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ākhyāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ākhyātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jinaiḥ -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sarvaiḥ -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • etacch -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śrūyate -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse 48
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