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)

या अधस्ताद्गताभासाः सर्वत्र नरकेष्वपि ।
अवभास्य शुभं कृत्वा सर्वत्र संप्रसंसिरे ॥ ४४ ॥ {४४}

yā adhastādgatābhāsāḥ sarvatra narakeṣvapi |
avabhāsya śubhaṃ kṛtvā sarvatra saṃprasaṃsire || 44 || {44}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 22.44 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 (22.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhastat, Gat, Gata, Abhasa, Sarvatra, Naraka, Api, Avabhasya, Shubha, Shubh, Kritva, Kritvan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 22.44). 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: “ adhastādgatābhāsāḥ sarvatra narakeṣvapi
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • adhastād -
  • adhastāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    adhastāt (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    adhastāt (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    adhastāt (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gatā -
  • gata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ābhāsāḥ -
  • ābhāsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ābhāsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sarvatra -
  • sarvatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • narakeṣva -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “avabhāsya śubhaṃ kṛtvā sarvatra saṃprasaṃsire || 44 |
  • avabhāsya -
  • avabhāsya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avabhāsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śubham -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvatra -
  • sarvatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse samprasaṃsire*44
  • Cannot analyse 44
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