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 नु राजा च चौराश्च स्यंदमानाः समुद्यताः ।
नो शक्नुवन्त्यपाहर्तुं स्त्रियो वा पुरुषस्य च ॥ ३५ ॥ {३५}

kiṃ nu rājā ca caurāśca syaṃdamānāḥ samudyatāḥ |
no śaknuvantyapāhartuṃ striyo vā puruṣasya ca || 35 || {35}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.35 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 (8.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Caura, Syandamana, Samudyata, Shaknuvat, Hartu, Stri, Purusha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.35). 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 rājā ca caurāśca syaṃdamānāḥ samudyatāḥ
  • 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]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caurāś -
  • caura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    caurā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • syandamānāḥ -
  • syand -> syandamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √syand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √syand class 1 verb]
    syand -> syandamānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √syand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √syand class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √syand class 1 verb]
  • samudyatāḥ -
  • samudyata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samudyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “no śaknuvantyapāhartuṃ striyo puruṣasya ca || 35 |
  • no -
  • nu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śaknuvantya -
  • śak -> śaknuvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śak class 5 verb]
    śak (verb class 5)
    [present active third plural]
  • apā -
  • ap (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hartum -
  • hṛ -> hartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √hṛ]
    hartu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • striyo* -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • puruṣasya -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ca* -
  • Cannot analyse 35
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