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)

सर्वे व्रतजपुण्यानानि संख्यातुमभिशक्यते ।
तदेतद्व्रतपुण्यानां संख्यातुं केन शक्यते ॥ ३४३ ॥ {४२}

sarve vratajapuṇyānāni saṃkhyātumabhiśakyate |
tadetadvratapuṇyānāṃ saṃkhyātuṃ kena śakyate || 343 || {42}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.343 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 (38.343). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Vrata, Punya, Sankhya, Uma, Bha, Shakyata, Tada, Tadvrata, Kena, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.343). 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: “sarve vratajapuṇyānāni saṃkhyātumabhiśakyate
  • 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]
  • vrata -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ja -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṇyān -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • āni -
  • saṅkhyāt -
  • saṅkhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    saṅkhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • uma -
  • uma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first plural]
    u (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first plural]
    u (verb class 5)
    [perfect active first plural]
  • bhi -
  • bhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śakyate -
  • śakyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śak (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “tadetadvratapuṇyānāṃ saṃkhyātuṃ kena śakyate || 343 |
  • tade -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • tadvrata -
  • tadvrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadvrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṇyānām -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇyā (participle, feminine)
    [genitive plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • saṅkhyāt -
  • saṅkhya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    saṅkhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • um -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kena -
  • kena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kena (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śakyate -
  • śakyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śak (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 343
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