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)

शुभस्य कर्मणः पाके शुभतैव सदा भवे ।
तथा कृष्णस्य पाके च दुःखतैव सदा भवे ॥ २०२ ॥ {९१}

śubhasya karmaṇaḥ pāke śubhataiva sadā bhave |
tathā kṛṣṇasya pāke ca duḥkhataiva sadā bhave || 202 || {91}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.202 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 (20.202). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubha, Karman, Paka, Shubhat, Sada, Bhava, Bhu, Tatha, Krishna, Duhkhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.202). 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: “śubhasya karmaṇaḥ pāke śubhataiva sadā bhave
  • śubhasya -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • karmaṇaḥ -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pāke -
  • pāka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śubhatai -
  • śubh -> śubhat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √śubh class 6 verb]
    śubh -> śubhat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √śubh class 6 verb]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “tathā kṛṣṇasya pāke ca duḥkhataiva sadā bhave || 202 |
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛṣṇasya -
  • kṛṣṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kṛṣṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • pāke -
  • pāka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • duḥkhatai -
  • duḥkhata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkhata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkhatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 202
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