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)

मृषावादं न वक्तव्यं पैशून्यवचनं तथा ।
संभिन्नप्रलापं च पारुष्यं च कदा चन ॥ १५२ ॥ {५१}

mṛṣāvādaṃ na vaktavyaṃ paiśūnyavacanaṃ tathā |
saṃbhinnapralāpaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ ca kadā cana || 152 || {51}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.152 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 (11.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mrishavada, Vaktavya, Paishunya, Vacana, Tatha, Sambhinnapralapa, Parushya, Kada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.152). 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: “mṛṣāvādaṃ na vaktavyaṃ paiśūnyavacanaṃ tathā
  • mṛṣāvādam -
  • mṛṣāvāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mṛṣāvāda (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mṛṣāvādā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaktavyam -
  • vaktavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaktavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vaktavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vac -> vaktavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> vaktavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • paiśūnya -
  • paiśūnya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paiśūnya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vacanam -
  • vacana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vacana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vacanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saṃbhinnapralāpaṃ ca pāruṣyaṃ ca kadā cana || 152 |
  • sambhinnapralāpam -
  • sambhinnapralāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sambhinnapralāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāruṣyam -
  • pāruṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāruṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [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 152
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