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 प्रेतिका श्रेष्ठिभार्या दुराशया ।
स्वकृतकर्मभोग्यानि भुक्त्वैवं भ्रमते ऽधुना ॥ १४६ ॥ {४६}

eṣaiva pretikā śreṣṭhibhāryā durāśayā |
svakṛtakarmabhogyāni bhuktvaivaṃ bhramate 'dhunā || 146 || {46}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.146 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 (23.146). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Shreshthin, Bharya, Durasha, Durashaya, Svakrita, Karman, Bhogya, Bhuktva, Evam, Eva, Bhramat, Bhramata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.146). 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 pretikā śreṣṭhibhāryā durāśayā
  • 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]
  • pretikā -
  • śreṣṭhi -
  • śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    śreṣṭhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhāryā* -
  • bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ], [accusative plural from √bhṛ]
  • durāśayā -
  • durāśā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    durāśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svakṛtakarmabhogyāni bhuktvaivaṃ bhramate 'dhunā || 146 |
  • svakṛta -
  • svakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhogyāni -
  • bhogya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhuktvai -
  • bhuktvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhramate' -
  • bhramat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhramat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    bhramatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • adhunā* -
  • Cannot analyse 146
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