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)

भगवति महादेवि विजानीयाद्भवंत्यपि ।
यन्मनुष्या दरिद्रास्ते भवन्ति पापचारिणः ॥ ४४ ॥ {४४}

bhagavati mahādevi vijānīyādbhavaṃtyapi |
yanmanuṣyā daridrāste bhavanti pāpacāriṇaḥ || 44 || {44}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.44 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 (38.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhagavat, Bhagavati, Mahadevi, Vijani, Vija, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Api, Yat, Yad, Manushi, Manushya, Daridra, Tad, Yushmad, Papacarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.44). 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: “bhagavati mahādevi vijānīyādbhavaṃtyapi
  • bhagavati -
  • bhagavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhagavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mahādevi -
  • mahādevī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • vijānī -
  • vijāni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vijāni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vijāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vija (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vij (verb class 6)
    [imperative active first single]
  • iyād -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • bhavantya -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “yanmanuṣyā daridrāste bhavanti pāpacāriṇaḥ || 44 |
  • yan -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • manuṣyā* -
  • manuṣī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    manuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    manuṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • daridrās -
  • daridra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    daridrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • pāpacāriṇaḥ -
  • pāpacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pāpacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 44
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