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)

कृपणो यः स्वयं भ्रष्टः परांश्च भ्रंशयेदिह ।
अधर्मे ये ऽपि सद्धर्ममित्याख्यायाभिवंचते ॥ १३५ ॥ {३२}

kṛpaṇo yaḥ svayaṃ bhraṣṭaḥ parāṃśca bhraṃśayediha |
adharme ye 'pi saddharmamityākhyāyābhivaṃcate || 135 || {32}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.135 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 (27.135). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kripana, Yah, Svayam, Bhrashta, Para, Iha, Adharma, Yat, Api, Saddharma, Iti, Itya, Akhya, Abhi, Vancati, Vancat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.135). 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: “kṛpaṇo yaḥ svayaṃ bhraṣṭaḥ parāṃśca bhraṃśayediha
  • kṛpaṇo* -
  • kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhraṣṭaḥ -
  • bhraṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • parāṃś -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhraṃśayed -
  • bhraṃś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “adharme ye 'pi saddharmamityākhyāyābhivaṃcate || 135 |
  • adharme -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ye' -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ityā -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> itya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
    ityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ityā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • ākhyāyā -
  • ākhya (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ākhya (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • abhi -
  • abhi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    abhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    abhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    abhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vañcate -
  • vañcati (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vañc -> vañcat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √vañc class 1 verb]
    vañc -> vañcat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √vañc class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 135
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