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)

त्वन्निमित्ते महद्दुःखं जायते मे कुपुत्रिके ।
किं तवाग्रे कथित्वैतं यतो नैव प्रतिक्रिया ॥ ८४ ॥ {८२}

tvannimitte mahadduḥkhaṃ jāyate me kuputrike |
kiṃ tavāgre kathitvaitaṃ yato naiva pratikriyā || 84 || {82}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.84 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 (9.84). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yushmad, Nimitta, Mahat, Duhkham, Duhkha, Jayat, Asmad, Putrika, Kim, Agre, Agra, Agri, Kathi, Tvai, Tva, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Naiva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.84). 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: “tvannimitte mahadduḥkhaṃ jāyate me kuputrike
  • tvan -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative single]
  • nimitte -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • mahad -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • duḥkham -
  • duḥkham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third 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]
  • ku -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • putrike -
  • putrikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    putrika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    putrika (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “kiṃ tavāgre kathitvaitaṃ yato naiva pratikriyā || 84 |
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tavā -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • agre -
  • agre (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    agri (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kathi -
  • kathī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    kathī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    kathī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tvai -
  • tvai (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • aitam -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second dual]
  • yato* -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pratikriyā* -
  • Cannot analyse 84
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