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)

एवं केवलपापानि प्राचित्वा सा दुराशया ।
काले निराशया दुःखार्त्ता मृता प्रेतालये ययौ ॥ १३७ ॥ {३७}

evaṃ kevalapāpāni prācitvā sā durāśayā |
kāle nirāśayā duḥkhārttā mṛtā pretālaye yayau || 137 || {37}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.137 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 (24.137). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Kevala, Papa, Praci, Tva, Yushmad, Durasha, Durashaya, Kale, Kala, Nirashaya, Duhkha, Mrita, Pretalaya, Yayi, Yayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.137). 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: “evaṃ kevalapāpāni prācitvā durāśayā
  • 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]
  • kevala -
  • kevala (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kevala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāpāni -
  • pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prāci -
  • prācī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • durāśayā -
  • durāśā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    durāśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “kāle nirāśayā duḥkhārttā mṛtā pretālaye yayau || 137 |
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • nirāśayā* -
  • nirāśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirāśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • duḥkhā -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arttā -
  • mṛtā -
  • mṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • pretālaye -
  • pretālaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • yayau -
  • yayi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 137
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