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)

Verse 3.43

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यच्च दानमहोत्साहं यत्र गेहे न विद्यते ।
स किं गेहो न रम्यः स्याच्छून्यारण्ये श्मशानवत् ॥ ४३ ॥ {४१!}

yacca dānamahotsāhaṃ yatra gehe na vidyate |
sa kiṃ geho na ramyaḥ syācchūnyāraṇye śmaśānavat || 43 || {41!}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.43 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 (3.43). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yad, Dana, Aha, Ahu, Utsaha, Yatra, Geha, Kim, Ramya, Syat, Sya, Shunya, Aranya, Shmasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.43). 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: “yacca dānamahotsāhaṃ yatra gehe na vidyate ”
yac -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dānam -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
aho -
aha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ahu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

ahu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
utsāham -
utsāha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gehe -
geha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

gehā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidyate -
√vid (verb class 2)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√vid (verb class 7)

[present passive third single]
Line 2: “sa kiṃ geho na ramyaḥ syācchūnyāraṇye śmaśānavat || 43 |”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
geho -
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ramyaḥ -
ramya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√ram -> ramya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ram class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ram]
syācch -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
śūnyā -
śūnya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūnya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

śūnyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
araṇye -
araṇya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

araṇya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

araṇyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√raṇ (verb class 1)

[imperfect passive first single]

√raṇ (verb class 10)

[imperfect passive first single]

√raṇ (verb class 4)

[imperfect passive first single]

√raṇ (verb class 0)

[imperfect passive first single]
śmaśā -
śmaśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
anavat -
√nu (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
Cannot analyse 43

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021