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)

यस्यापि स्यात्कलौ पंचकषायक्लेशसंकुले ।
दुर्लभं सौगतं धर्मं वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥ ९५९ ॥ {९६}

yasyāpi syātkalau paṃcakaṣāyakleśasaṃkule |
durlabhaṃ saugataṃ dharmaṃ vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ || 959 || {96}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.959 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 (38.959). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yasya, Yah, Yat, Api, Syat, Sya, Kala, Kali, Pancakashaya, Klesha, Sankula, Durlabha, Saugata, Dharma, Vaktri, Vakta, Shrotri, Shrota,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.959). 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: “yasyāpi syātkalau paṃcakaṣāyakleśasaṃkule
  • yasyā -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    yasyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kalau -
  • kala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kali (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • pañcakaṣāya -
  • pañcakaṣāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kleśa -
  • kleśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kleś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saṅkule -
  • saṅkula (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṅkula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    saṅkulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “durlabhaṃ saugataṃ dharmaṃ vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ || 959 |
  • durlabham -
  • durlabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durlabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durlabhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • saugatam -
  • saugata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saugata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vaktā -
  • vaktṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vaj -> vaktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vaj class 1 verb]
    vak -> vaktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vak class 1 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • śrotā -
  • śrotṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śrotā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śru (verb class 5)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • durlabhaḥ -
  • durlabha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 959
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