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)

यावन्न जीयते चित्ते मात्सर्यं दुरिताशयं ।
तावत्किं ते सुवीरा वा क्षणात्क्लेशानुचारिणः ॥ १३६ ॥ {२९}

yāvanna jīyate citte mātsaryaṃ duritāśayaṃ |
tāvatkiṃ te suvīrā vā kṣaṇātkleśānucāriṇaḥ || 136 || {29}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.136 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 (31.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavan, Yavat, Citta, Citti, Matsarya, Durita, Ashaya, Tavat, Kim, Tad, Yushmad, Suvira, Kshanat, Kshana, Klesha, Anucarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.136). 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: “yāvanna jīyate citte mātsaryaṃ duritāśayaṃ
  • yāvann -
  • yāvan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jīyate -
  • jai (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    ji (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    ji (verb class 9)
    [present passive third single]
    jyā (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    jyā (verb class 9)
    [present passive third single]
  • citte -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    citti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • mātsaryam -
  • mātsarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • duritā -
  • durita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    durita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative plural], [vocative single]
    duritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āśayam -
  • āśaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āśayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tāvatkiṃ te suvīrā kṣaṇātkleśānucāriṇaḥ || 136 |
  • tāvat -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • suvīrā* -
  • suvīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    suvīrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kṣaṇāt -
  • kṣaṇāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kleśā -
  • kleśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kleś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • anucāriṇaḥ -
  • anucārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    anucārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 136
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