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)

कामार्थे प्रतिहन्यन्ते तेन कामे सुखं कथं ।
संत्येवं तात सर्वत्र भयानि विविधानि हि ॥ ७८ ॥ {७८}

kāmārthe pratihanyante tena kāme sukhaṃ kathaṃ |
saṃtyevaṃ tāta sarvatra bhayāni vividhāni hi || 78 || {78}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.78 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 (7.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kamartha, Prati, Tad, Tena, Kame, Kama, Kami, Sukham, Sukha, Katham, Katha, Sat, Santya, Santi, Evam, Eva, Tata, Sarvatra, Bhaya, Vividha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.78). 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: “kāmārthe pratihanyante tena kāme sukhaṃ kathaṃ
  • kāmārthe -
  • kāmārtha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • hanyante -
  • han (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present passive third plural]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • kāme -
  • kāme (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kāmi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    kāmi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “saṃtyevaṃ tāta sarvatra bhayāni vividhāni hi || 78 |
  • santye -
  • santi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    santi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    santi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [nominative plural], [vocative dual], [vocative plural], [accusative dual], [accusative plural]
    santya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    santya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    santyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • 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]
  • tāta -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvatra -
  • sarvatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhayāni -
  • bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhī (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • vividhāni -
  • vividha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse 78
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