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)

संभिन्नलापिनो दुष्टास्ते ऽपि संतः समार्जवाः ।
पारुष्यंवादिनः क्रूरास्ते आसन्प्रियवादिनः ॥ ८८ ॥ {८७}

saṃbhinnalāpino duṣṭāste 'pi saṃtaḥ samārjavāḥ |
pāruṣyaṃvādinaḥ krūrāste āsanpriyavādinaḥ || 88 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.88 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 (25.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sambhinna, Lapin, Dushta, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Sat, Santa, Sama, Arjava, Parushya, Vadi, Vadin, Krura, Priyavadin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.88). 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: “saṃbhinnalāpino duṣṭāste 'pi saṃtaḥ samārjavāḥ
  • sambhinna -
  • sambhinna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambhinna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lāpino* -
  • lāpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    lāpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • duṣṭās -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    duṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • santaḥ -
  • sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    santa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sam -> santa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
  • samā -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ārjavāḥ -
  • ārjava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ārjavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pāruṣyaṃvādinaḥ krūrāste āsanpriyavādinaḥ || 88 |
  • pāruṣyaṃ -
  • pāruṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vādinaḥ -
  • vādi (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vādin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vādin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vādī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • krūrās -
  • krūra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    krūrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • āsan -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • priyavādinaḥ -
  • priyavādin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    priyavādin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 88
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