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)

एतत्पुण्यविपाकेन शास्तारमीदृशं जिनं ।
आराग्येदृग्गुणानां च लाभी स्यां सर्वथा भवे ॥ २३१ ॥ {२९}

etatpuṇyavipākena śāstāramīdṛśaṃ jinaṃ |
ārāgyedṛgguṇānāṃ ca lābhī syāṃ sarvathā bhave || 231 || {29}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.231 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:

Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (36.231). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Punya, Vipaka, Shastri, Idrish, Idrisha, Jina, Ara, Guna, Labhin, Sarvatha, 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 36.231). 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: “etatpuṇyavipākena śāstāramīdṛśaṃ jinaṃ
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇya -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṇ -> puṇya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √puṇ]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • vipākena -
  • vipāka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vipāka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śāstāram -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • īdṛśam -
  • īdṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    īdṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    īdṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    īdṛś (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    īdṛś (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • jinam -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jinā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ārāgyedṛgguṇānāṃ ca lābhī syāṃ sarvathā bhave || 231 |
  • ārā -
  • āra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ār (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • agye -
  • ag -> agya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ag]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
  • īdṛg -
  • īdṛś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    īdṛś (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    īdṛś (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • guṇānām -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    guṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lābhī -
  • lābhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syām -
  • si (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active first single]
  • sarvathā -
  • sarvathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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 231
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