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)

भवन्तो नो इतश्च्युत्वा नान्यत्र संगता वयं ।
इहैव नरके स्थाः स्म कुत्रापि चलिता न हि ॥ ९२ ॥ {८९}

bhavanto no itaścyutvā nānyatra saṃgatā vayaṃ |
ihaiva narake sthāḥ sma kutrāpi calitā na hi || 92 || {89}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.92 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 (27.92). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavanta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Itah, Ita, Nanyatra, Sangata, Vaya, Asmad, Iha, Naraka, Stha, Sma, Kutrapi, Calita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.92). 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: “bhavanto no itaścyutvā nānyatra saṃgatā vayaṃ
  • bhavanto* -
  • bhavanta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
  • no -
  • nu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • itaś -
  • itaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • cyutvā -
  • cyu -> cyutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √cyu]
  • nānyatra -
  • nānyatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • saṅgatā* -
  • saṅgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    saṅgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vayam -
  • vaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative dual]
  • Line 2: “ihaiva narake sthāḥ sma kutrāpi calitā na hi || 92 |
  • ihai -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • narake -
  • naraka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    naraka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sthāḥ -
  • stha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sthā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sma -
  • sma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • kutrāpi -
  • kutrāpi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kutrāpi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
  • calitā* -
  • calita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    calitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse 92
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