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)

एतद्दानाद्धि यत्पुण्यं तत्पुण्यं त्वमवाप्नुयाः ।
उत्तिष्ठ क्षिप्रमेतस्मात्प्रेतलोकात्सुदारुणात् ॥ ५९ ॥ {५९}

etaddānāddhi yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ tvamavāpnuyāḥ |
uttiṣṭha kṣiprametasmātpretalokātsudāruṇāt || 59 || {59}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.59 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 (31.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etadda, Ana, Yat, Yad, Punya, Tat, Tad, Tva, Yushmad, Ava, Kshipram, Kshipra, Etad, Esha, Pretaloka, Sudaruna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.59). 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: “etaddānāddhi yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ tvamavāpnuyāḥ
  • etaddā -
  • etaddā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    etaddā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anāddh -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yat -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāḥ -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active second single]
  • Line 2: “uttiṣṭha kṣiprametasmātpretalokātsudāruṇāt || 59 |
  • Cannot analyse uttiṣṭha*kṣ
  • kṣipram -
  • kṣipram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣipra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣipra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣiprā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • etasmāt -
  • etad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • pretalokāt -
  • pretaloka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sudāruṇāt -
  • sudāruṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sudāruṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 59
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