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)

यावतश्चात्र संसारे संस्कृता वाप्यसंस्कृताः ।
धर्मास्तेषां महानग्रो विरागो धर्मं उत्तमः ॥ १२४ ॥ {२४}

yāvataścātra saṃsāre saṃskṛtā vāpyasaṃskṛtāḥ |
dharmāsteṣāṃ mahānagro virāgo dharmaṃ uttamaḥ || 124 || {24}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.124 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 (26.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yavat, Samsara, Samsari, Samskrita, Vapi, Vapin, Vapya, Asamskrita, Dharma, Tad, Mahana, Gras, Viraga, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.124). 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: “yāvataścātra saṃsāre saṃskṛtā vāpyasaṃskṛtāḥ
  • yāvataś -
  • yāvat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yāvat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃsāre -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    saṃsāri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • saṃskṛtā* -
  • saṃskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saṃskṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vāpya -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √]
    -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vap]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vap]
    -> vāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √]
    vap -> vāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vap]
    -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √]
    -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vap]
    vap -> vāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vap]
  • asaṃskṛtāḥ -
  • asaṃskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    asaṃskṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “dharmāsteṣāṃ mahānagro virāgo dharmaṃ uttamaḥ || 124 |
  • dharmās -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • mahāna -
  • mahāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gro* -
  • gras (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • virāgo* -
  • virāga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uttamaḥ -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 124
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