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)

महती मे गृहे संपदस्या भोक्ता न विद्यते ।
कथं मे विद्यते वंशस्तत्प्रकारं न मन्यते ॥ २८ ॥ {२८}

mahatī me gṛhe saṃpadasyā bhoktā na vidyate |
kathaṃ me vidyate vaṃśastatprakāraṃ na manyate || 28 || {28}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.28 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 (9.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahat, Mahati, Asmad, Grih, Griha, Bhoktri, Katham, Katha, Vamsha, Tatprakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.28). 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: “mahatī me gṛhe saṃpadasyā bhoktā na vidyate
  • mahatī -
  • mahatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sampadasyā -
  • bhoktā -
  • bhoktṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhuj (verb class 6)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    bhuj (verb class 6)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    bhuj (verb class 7)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyate -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 7)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “kathaṃ me vidyate vaṃśastatprakāraṃ na manyate || 28 |
  • 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]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vidyate -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 7)
    [present passive third single]
  • vaṃśas -
  • vaṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatprakāram -
  • tatprakāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tatprakāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tatprakārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • manyate -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 28
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