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 8.31

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किं च लोके प्रियो पथ्यः किं वापथ्यं न चाप्रियं ।
को नु पीडाकरो व्याधिः को नु वै को भिषग्वरः ॥ ३१ ॥ {३१}

kiṃ ca loke priyo pathyaḥ kiṃ vāpathyaṃ na cāpriyaṃ |
ko nu pīḍākaro vyādhiḥ ko nu vai ko bhiṣagvaraḥ || 31 || {31}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.31 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:
Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (8.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Loka, Pathya, Pathi, Apathya, Apriya, Kah, Pidakara, Vyadhi, Bhishagvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.31). 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 ca loke priyo pathyaḥ kiṃ vāpathyaṃ na cāpriyaṃ ”
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]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
priyo -
pathyaḥ -
pathya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pathī (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

pathī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
apathyam -
apathya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apathya (noun, neuter)

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

apathyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
apriyam -
apriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

apriya (noun, neuter)

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

apriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Line 2: “ko nu pīḍākaro vyādhiḥ ko nu vai ko bhiṣagvaraḥ || 31 |”
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pīḍākaro* -
pīḍākara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vyādhiḥ -
vyādhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nu -
nu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

nu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

nau (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
ko* -
kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhiṣagvaraḥ -
bhiṣagvara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse 31

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021