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)

यतिभिर्ना अतीतास्ते वर्त्तमाना अनागताः ।
ते ऽपि सर्वे महादेव्या व्रतपुण्यानुभावतः ॥ ३३५ ॥ {३४}

yatibhirnā atītāste varttamānā anāgatāḥ |
te 'pi sarve mahādevyā vratapuṇyānubhāvataḥ || 335 || {34}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.335 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 (38.335). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yati, Yatin, Atita, Tad, Yushmad, Vartta, Ana, Anagata, Api, Sarva, Mahadevi, Vrata, Punyanubhava, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.335). 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: “yatibhirnā atītāste varttamānā anāgatāḥ
  • yatibhir -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yatin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • nā* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • atītās -
  • atīta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    atītā (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]
  • varttam -
  • vartta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vartta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ānā* -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • anāgatāḥ -
  • anāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “te 'pi sarve mahādevyā vratapuṇyānubhāvataḥ || 335 |
  • 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]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • 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]
  • mahādevyā* -
  • mahādevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vrata -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṇyānubhāva -
  • puṇyānubhāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 335
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