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)

अन्यथापि भवेन्नैव कृतकर्मफलं क्वचित् ।
कृष्णकर्मविपाके हि दुःखतैव सदा भवे ॥ २५९ ॥ {५९}

anyathāpi bhavennaiva kṛtakarmaphalaṃ kvacit |
kṛṣṇakarmavipāke hi duḥkhataiva sadā bhave || 259 || {59}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.259 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 (33.259). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anyatha, Api, Naiva, Kritakarman, Kritakarma, Phala, Kva, Acit, Krishnakarman, Vipaka, Duhkhata, Sada, Bhava, Bhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.259). 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: “anyathāpi bhavennaiva kṛtakarmaphalaṃ kvacit
  • anyathā -
  • anyathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anyathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • bhaven -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kṛtakarma -
  • kṛtakarman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    kṛtakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtakarma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛtakarma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kva -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • acit -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kṛṣṇakarmavipāke hi duḥkhataiva sadā bhave || 259 |
  • kṛṣṇakarma -
  • kṛṣṇakarman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    kṛṣṇakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vipāke -
  • vipāka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vipāka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vipākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • duḥkhatai -
  • duḥkhata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkhata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkhatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 259
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