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)

एतत्पुण्यानुभावेन सर्वदा सद्गतीं व्रजेः ।
यावद्भवं व्रजेर्नैव दुर्गतीं च कदा चन ॥ ६३२ ॥ {२९}

etatpuṇyānubhāvena sarvadā sadgatīṃ vrajeḥ |
yāvadbhavaṃ vrajernaiva durgatīṃ ca kadā cana || 632 || {29}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.632 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 (38.632). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Punyanubhava, Sarvada, Sadgati, Yavat, Bhava, Naiva, Durgati, Kada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.632). 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: “etatpuṇyānubhāvena sarvadā sadgatīṃ vrajeḥ
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇyānubhāvena -
  • puṇyānubhāva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sadgatī -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vrajeḥ -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • Line 2: “yāvadbhavaṃ vrajernaiva durgatīṃ ca kadā cana || 632 |
  • yāvad -
  • yāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yāvat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhavam -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vrajer -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • durgatīm -
  • durgatī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kadā -
  • kadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kadā (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cana* -
  • Cannot analyse 632
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