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)

नित्यप्रदुष्टाश्चपलाः परपीडाकरा नराः ।
संप्रदानरता नित्यं भूताः प्रेत्य भवन्ति ते ॥ १३१ ॥ {१३}

nityapraduṣṭāścapalāḥ parapīḍākarā narāḥ |
saṃpradānaratā nityaṃ bhūtāḥ pretya bhavanti te || 131 || {13}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.131 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 (28.131). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nitya, Pradushta, Capala, Para, Pidakara, Nara, Sampradana, Rata, Nityam, Bhuta, Pretya, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, 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 28.131). 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: “nityapraduṣṭāścapalāḥ parapīḍākarā narāḥ
  • nitya -
  • nitya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • praduṣṭāś -
  • praduṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    praduṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • capalāḥ -
  • capala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    capalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • para -
  • para (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • pīḍākarā* -
  • pīḍākara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pīḍākarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “saṃpradānaratā nityaṃ bhūtāḥ pretya bhavanti te || 131 |
  • sampradāna -
  • sampradāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sampradāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratā* -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhūtāḥ -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pretya -
  • pretya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third 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]
  • Cannot analyse 131
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