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)

कोपाग्निदहितात्मानो व्रजन्ति नरकेष्वपि ।
एवं सर्वे ऽपि लोकाश्च स्वस्वदैवानुभाविनः ॥ २४० ॥ {९०}

kopāgnidahitātmāno vrajanti narakeṣvapi |
evaṃ sarve 'pi lokāśca svasvadaivānubhāvinaḥ || 240 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.240 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 (37.240). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kopagni, Atman, Vrajat, Vrajanti, Naraka, Api, Evam, Eva, Sarva, Loka, Svasu, Svan, Adaiva, Ubha, Ina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.240). 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: “kopāgnidahitātmāno vrajanti narakeṣvapi
  • kopāgni -
  • kopāgni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kopāgni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kopāgni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dahitā -
  • dah (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • ātmāno* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vrajanti -
  • vraj -> vrajat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vraj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vraj class 1 verb]
    vraj -> vrajantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]
    vraj (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • narakeṣva -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “evaṃ sarve 'pi lokāśca svasvadaivānubhāvinaḥ || 240 |
  • 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]
  • sarve' -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svasva -
  • svasū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • adaivān -
  • adaiva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ubhāvi -
  • ubha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • inaḥ -
  • ina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 240
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