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)

एवं सा पापिनी प्रेती जातां जतांस्तथात्मजान् ।
भुक्त्वा क्षुधाग्निसंदगधा भ्रमेत्प्रेतालये सदा ॥ १५० ॥ {५०}

evaṃ sā pāpinī pretī jātāṃ jatāṃstathātmajān |
bhuktvā kṣudhāgnisaṃdagadhā bhrametpretālaye sadā || 150 || {50}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.150 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 (23.150). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Papin, Papini, Preti, Jata, Tatha, Bhuktva, Kshudh, Kshudha, Sat, Gadha, Pretalaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.150). 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: “evaṃ pāpinī pretī jātāṃ jatāṃstathātmajān
  • 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]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pāpinī -
  • pāpinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pāpin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • pretī -
  • pretī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pretī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    preti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jātām -
  • jātā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    jan -> jātā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √jan class 1 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 2 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • ja -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāṃs -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tathāt -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jān -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “bhuktvā kṣudhāgnisaṃdagadhā bhrametpretālaye sadā || 150 |
  • bhuktvā -
  • bhuktvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
  • kṣudhā -
  • kṣudha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣudha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣudh (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    kṣudhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agni -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • san -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • da -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gadhā* -
  • gadhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    gadha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhramet -
  • bhram (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • pretālaye -
  • pretālaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 150
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