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)

किंददो वलवां स्याच्च किंददश्च प्रशोभितः ।
किंददः सुखितो लोकः चक्षुष्मानपि किंप्रदः ॥ २५ ॥ {२५}

kiṃdado valavāṃ syācca kiṃdadaśca praśobhitaḥ |
kiṃdadaḥ sukhito lokaḥ cakṣuṣmānapi kiṃpradaḥ || 25 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.25 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 (8.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Dad, Dada, Vala, Yushmad, Syat, Sya, Prashas, Prasha, Bhit, Sukhita, Loka, Cakshushmat, Api, Prada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.25). 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: “kiṃdado valavāṃ syācca kiṃdadaśca praśobhitaḥ
  • kin -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dado* -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vala -
  • vala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    val (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • syāc -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kin -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dadaś -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • praśo -
  • praśas (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhitaḥ -
  • bhit (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhit (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhit (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kiṃdadaḥ sukhito lokaḥ cakṣuṣmānapi kiṃpradaḥ || 25 |
  • kin -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dadaḥ -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sukhito* -
  • sukhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sukh -> sukhita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sukh class 10 verb]
  • lokaḥ -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cakṣuṣmān -
  • cakṣuṣmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pradaḥ -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 25
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