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 8.26

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किं नु वा निशितं शस्त्रं किं वा हालाहलं विषं ।
किं च प्रज्वलितो वह्निः किं महद्दारुणं तमः ॥ २६ ॥ {२६}

kiṃ nu vā niśitaṃ śastraṃ kiṃ vā hālāhalaṃ viṣaṃ |
kiṃ ca prajvalito vahniḥ kiṃ mahaddāruṇaṃ tamaḥ || 26 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.26 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 (8.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Var, Nishita, Shastra, Halahala, Vish, Visha, Prajvalita, Vahni, Mahat, Daruna, Tama, Tamas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.26). 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 nu vā niśitaṃ śastraṃ kiṃ vā hālāhalaṃ viṣaṃ ”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
niśitam -
niśita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niśita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

niśitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śastram -
śastra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

śastra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hālāhalam -
hālāhala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

hālāhala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

hālāhalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viṣam -
viṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

viṣā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

viṣ (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

viṣ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “kiṃ ca prajvalito vahniḥ kiṃ mahaddāruṇaṃ tamaḥ || 26 |”
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
prajvalito* -
prajvalita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vahniḥ -
vahni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
mahad -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dāruṇam -
dāruṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dāruṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

dāruṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tamaḥ -
tamas (noun, neuter)

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

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse 26

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021