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)

भगवन् किं पुरानेन सुकृतं प्रकृतं कुह ।
येनायं सुकुले जातो दिव्यकल्पातिसुंदरः ॥ १२२ ॥ {२२}

bhagavan kiṃ purānena sukṛtaṃ prakṛtaṃ kuha |
yenāyaṃ sukule jāto divyakalpātisuṃdaraḥ || 122 || {22}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.122 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 (35.122). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Kim, Pura, Sukrit, Sukrita, Prakrita, Prakrit, Kuha, Yena, Yah, Yat, Aya, Idam, Sukula, Jatri, Jata, Divyakalpa, Atisundara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.122). 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: “bhagavan kiṃ purānena sukṛtaṃ prakṛtaṃ kuha
  • bhagavan -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhagavan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • purān -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sukṛtam -
  • sukṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sukṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prakṛtam -
  • prakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prakṛt (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kuha -
  • kuha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yenāyaṃ sukule jāto divyakalpātisuṃdaraḥ || 122 |
  • yenā -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sukule -
  • sukula (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sukula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sukulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jāto* -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • divyakalpā -
  • divyakalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    divyakalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • atisundaraḥ -
  • atisundara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 122
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