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)

यो हत्वा प्राणिनो भुंक्त सो ऽल्पायुष्को भवे भ्रमन् ।
अद्यापि तद्विपाकेन तिष्ठत्येवं सुदुःखितः ॥ ७७४ ॥ {१२}

yo hatvā prāṇino bhuṃkta so 'lpāyuṣko bhave bhraman |
adyāpi tadvipākena tiṣṭhatyevaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ || 774 || {12}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.774 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 (38.774). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Sah, Alpa, Bhava, Bhu, Bhramat, Adyapi, Tad, Tat, Vipaka, Tishthat, Evam, Eva, Suduhkhita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.774). 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: “yo hatvā prāṇino bhuṃkta so 'lpāyuṣko bhave bhraman
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hatvā -
  • han -> hatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √han]
    han -> hatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √han]
  • prāṇino* -
  • Cannot analyse bhuṅkta*so
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • alpā -
  • alpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyuṣko -
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhraman -
  • bhramat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “adyāpi tadvipākena tiṣṭhatyevaṃ suduḥkhitaḥ || 774 |
  • adyāpi -
  • adyāpi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vipākena -
  • vipāka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vipāka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tiṣṭhatye -
  • sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • 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]
  • suduḥkhitaḥ -
  • suduḥkhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 774
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