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)

गंधमालारता नित्यं मंदक्रोधाः प्रदायकाः ।
गंधर्वाः प्रेत्य जायन्ते देवानां रतिहेतवः ॥ १२९ ॥ {११}

gaṃdhamālāratā nityaṃ maṃdakrodhāḥ pradāyakāḥ |
gaṃdharvāḥ pretya jāyante devānāṃ ratihetavaḥ || 129 || {11}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.129 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 (28.129). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gandha, Ala, Arata, Nityam, Nitya, Manda, Krodha, Pradayaka, Gandharva, Pretya, Jayanta, Deva, Rati, Hetu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.129). 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: “gaṃdhamālāratā nityaṃ maṃdakrodhāḥ pradāyakāḥ
  • gandham -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gandhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ālā -
  • āla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    al (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • aratā* -
  • arata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • manda -
  • manda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    manda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • krodhāḥ -
  • krodha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    krodhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pradāyakāḥ -
  • pradāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pradāyakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “gaṃdharvāḥ pretya jāyante devānāṃ ratihetavaḥ || 129 |
  • gandharvāḥ -
  • gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gandharvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pretya -
  • pretya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jāyante -
  • jāyanta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third plural]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural]
  • devānām -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • rati -
  • rati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ratī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • hetavaḥ -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 129
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