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)

निर्लज्ज क्व नु ते लज्जा परकीयाम्बुमिछसि ।
राजा किं त्वं धनी वासि गुरुर्वा किं न मन्यते ॥ ६८ ॥ {६८}

nirlajja kva nu te lajjā parakīyāmbumichasi |
rājā kiṃ tvaṃ dhanī vāsi gururvā kiṃ na manyate || 68 || {68}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.68 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 (4.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirlajja, Kva, Tad, Yushmad, Lajja, Parakiya, Ambu, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Kim, Tva, Dhanin, Dhani, Vasi, Vasin, Guru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.68). 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: “nirlajja kva nu te lajjā parakīyāmbumichasi
  • nirlajja -
  • nirlajja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirlajja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kva -
  • kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • lajjā -
  • lajjā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • parakīyā -
  • parakīya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parakīya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parakīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ambu -
  • ambu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ambu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ambu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • michasi -
  • mich (verb class 6)
    [present active second single]
  • Line 2: “rājā kiṃ tvaṃ dhanī vāsi gururvā kiṃ na manyate || 68 |
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • dhanī -
  • dhanī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    dhanī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dhanin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāsi -
  • vāsi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāsi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāsī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāsin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāsin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
    (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • gurur -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • manyate -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 68
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