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)

किं त्वया कांतयाप्येवं मात्सर्यकुलदुर्धिया ।
धर्म एव विनश्येत तद्व्रज मा गृहे वस ॥ ८७ ॥ {७८}

kiṃ tvayā kāṃtayāpyevaṃ mātsaryakuladurdhiyā |
dharma eva vinaśyeta tadvraja mā gṛhe vasa || 87 || {78}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.87 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 (4.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Tva, Yushmad, Kanta, Api, Apya, Evam, Eva, Matsari, Matsarya, Akula, Durdhi, Dharma, Vina, Shyeta, Tad, Tat, Vraja, Mas, Grih, Griha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.87). 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: “kiṃ tvayā kāṃtayāpyevaṃ mātsaryakuladurdhiyā
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • kāntayā -
  • kāntā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)
    [instrumental single from √kam class 1 verb]
  • apye -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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]
  • mātsarya -
  • mātsarī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    mātsarya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • akula -
  • akula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • durdhiyā -
  • durdhī (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    durdhī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “dharma eva vinaśyeta tadvraja gṛhe vasa || 87 |
  • dharma* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vina -
  • vina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śyeta -
  • śyeta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śyeta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [optative active second plural]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vraja -
  • vraja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vraja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vraj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mā* -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mās (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vasa* -
  • Cannot analyse 87
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