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)

एवमानंद विज्ञाय संबुद्धशासने क्वचित् ।
किञ्चिद्वापि प्रदातव्यं तत्फलं स्यान्महत्तरं ॥ ८३ ॥ {८३}

evamānaṃda vijñāya saṃbuddhaśāsane kvacit |
kiñcidvāpi pradātavyaṃ tatphalaṃ syānmahattaraṃ || 83 || {83}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.83 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 (34.83). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Ananda, Vijna, Vijnaya, Sambuddha, Shasana, Kva, Acit, Kincid, Kincit, Vapi, Vapin, Pradatavya, Tatphala, Syat, Sya, Mahattara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.83). 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: “evamānaṃda vijñāya saṃbuddhaśāsane kvacit
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānanda -
  • ānanda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ānanda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vijñāya -
  • vijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • sambuddha -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śāsane -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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: “kiñcidvāpi pradātavyaṃ tatphalaṃ syānmahattaraṃ || 83 |
  • kiñcid -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pradātavyam -
  • pradātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pradātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pradātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tatphalam -
  • tatphala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tatphala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tatphalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syān -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • mahattaram -
  • mahattara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahattara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahattarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 83
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