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)

अहो वयमितश्च्युत्वा नैवान्यत्र गताः खलु ।
किं त्वस्यापूर्वरूपस्य प्रभावान्नः शुभायते ॥ १५२ ॥ {३९}

aho vayamitaścyutvā naivānyatra gatāḥ khalu |
kiṃ tvasyāpūrvarūpasya prabhāvānnaḥ śubhāyate || 152 || {39}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.152 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 (26.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Vaya, Asmad, Itah, Ita, Naiva, Anyatra, Gata, Khalu, Kim, Tva, Apurva, Rupa, Prabhava, Prabhavat, Shubha, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.152). 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: “aho vayamitaścyutvā naivānyatra gatāḥ khalu
  • aho* -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • itaś -
  • itaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • cyutvā -
  • cyu -> cyutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cyu]
  • naivā -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anyatra -
  • anyatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • gatāḥ -
  • gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kiṃ tvasyāpūrvarūpasya prabhāvānnaḥ śubhāyate || 152 |
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tvasyā -
  • tva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • apūrva -
  • apūrva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    apūrva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpasya -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • prabhāvānn -
  • prabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    prabhāvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śubhāya -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • 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]
  • Cannot analyse 152
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