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)

के हि ग्रस्ता न संसारे मृत्युसर्प्पेण जंतवः ।
मयि मृत्युप्रयाते ऽत्र संस्कारं कः करिष्यति ॥ २५ ॥ {२५}

ke hi grastā na saṃsāre mṛtyusarppeṇa jaṃtavaḥ |
mayi mṛtyuprayāte 'tra saṃskāraṃ kaḥ kariṣyati || 25 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.25 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 (10.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Grasta, Samsara, Samsari, Jantu, Mayi, Asmad, Prayata, Prayati, Atra, Samskara, Karishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.25). 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: “ke hi grastā na saṃsāre mṛtyusarppeṇa jaṃtavaḥ
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • grastā* -
  • grasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    grastā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    gras -> grasta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √gras class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √gras class 1 verb]
    gras -> grastā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √gras class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √gras class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √gras class 1 verb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsāre -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse mṛtyusarppeṇa*ja
  • jantavaḥ -
  • jantu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “mayi mṛtyuprayāte 'tra saṃskāraṃ kaḥ kariṣyati || 25 |
  • mayi -
  • mayī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [locative single]
  • mṛtyu -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • prayāte' -
  • prayāta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prayāta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prayātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    prayāti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    prayāti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [present middle third dual]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃskāram -
  • saṃskāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃskārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kariṣyati -
  • kariṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kariṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    kṛ -> kariṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kariṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kariṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṛ -> kariṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [locative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]
    kṝ -> kariṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
    kṝ -> kariṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [locative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future active third single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future active third single]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future active third single]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 25
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