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)

Verse 31.147

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तत्र तैर्यमदूतास्तां गृहीत्वा सहसा बलात् ।
यथा कर्मानुसारेण शासयेयुर्यथाविधिं ॥ १४७ ॥ {४०}

tatra tairyamadūtāstāṃ gṛhītvā sahasā balāt |
yathā karmānusāreṇa śāsayeyuryathāvidhiṃ || 147 || {40}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.147 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 (31.147). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Tad, Yamaduta, Grihitva, Sahasa, Balat, Bala, Yatha, Karmanusara, Shasa, Yah, Yat, Avidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.147). 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: “tatra tairyamadūtāstāṃ gṛhītvā sahasā balāt ”
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tair -
ta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

tad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
yamadūtās -
yamadūta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gṛhītvā -
gṛhītvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√grah -> gṛhītvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √grah]
sahasā* -
sahasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sahasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
balāt -
balāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “yathā karmānusāreṇa śāsayeyuryathāvidhiṃ || 147 |”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
karmānusāreṇa -
karmānusāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
śāsa -
śāsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ye -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
iyur -
√i (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
avidhim -
avidhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Cannot analyse 147

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021