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)

ते च कर्मानुसारेण पुनर्जन्म लभन्त्यपि ।
सर्वेषामपि जंतूनां संस्कारगतिचारिणां ॥ १८ ॥ {१७}

te ca karmānusāreṇa punarjanma labhantyapi |
sarveṣāmapi jaṃtūnāṃ saṃskāragaticāriṇāṃ || 18 || {17}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.18 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 (30.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Yushmad, Karmanusara, Punarjanman, Labhat, Labhanti, Api, Sarva, Jantu, Samskara, Gat, Gati, Carin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 30.18). 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: “te ca karmānusāreṇa punarjanma labhantyapi
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karmānusāreṇa -
  • karmānusāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • punarjanma -
  • punarjanman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    punarjanman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • labhantya -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “sarveṣāmapi jaṃtūnāṃ saṃskāragaticāriṇāṃ || 18 |
  • sarveṣām -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • jantūnām -
  • jantu (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • saṃskāra -
  • saṃskāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gati -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    gatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    gat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • cāriṇām -
  • cārin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    cārin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse 18
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