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)

एषैव हि प्रधाना स्यात्सर्वलोकप्रमाणिका ।
को ऽपि प्रमाणयेन्नैव जरतीं मामपुत्रितां ॥ १२७ ॥ {२७}

eṣaiva hi pradhānā syātsarvalokapramāṇikā |
ko 'pi pramāṇayennaiva jaratīṃ māmaputritāṃ || 127 || {27}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.127 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 (23.127). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Pradhana, Syat, Sya, Sarvaloka, Pramanika, Kah, Api, Pramana, Yah, Yat, Jarati, Mama, Putri, Putrin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.127). 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: “eṣaiva hi pradhānā syātsarvalokapramāṇikā
  • eṣai -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pradhānā -
  • pradhānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sarvaloka -
  • sarvaloka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pramāṇikā -
  • pramāṇikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ko 'pi pramāṇayennaiva jaratīṃ māmaputritāṃ || 127 |
  • ko' -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • pramāṇa -
  • pramāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pramāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īnn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • jaratīm -
  • jaratī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    jṝ -> jaratī (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √jṝ class 1 verb]
  • māma -
  • māma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • putri -
  • putrī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    putrin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    putrin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 127
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