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)

बालान् वृद्धांश्च नारींश्च तत्सर्वं कामकारणे ।
केचिच्च प्राणिनः पक्षिमृगमत्स्यादिजन्तुकान् ॥ १२९ ॥ {२७}

bālān vṛddhāṃśca nārīṃśca tatsarvaṃ kāmakāraṇe |
kecicca prāṇinaḥ pakṣimṛgamatsyādijantukān || 129 || {27}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.129 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 (9.129). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bala, Vriddha, Nari, Tat, Tad, Sarvam, Sarva, Kamakara, Kah, Kim, Cit, Pranin, Pranina, Pakshi, Ric, Adi, Adin, Jantuka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.129). 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: “bālān vṛddhāṃśca nārīṃśca tatsarvaṃ kāmakāraṇe
  • bālān -
  • bāla (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vṛddhāṃś -
  • vṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nārī -
  • nāri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • īṃś -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kāmakāra -
  • kāmakāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāmakāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṇe -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “kecicca prāṇinaḥ pakṣimṛgamatsyādijantukān || 129 |
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cic -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāṇinaḥ -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prāṇina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pakṣim -
  • pakṣi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ṛg -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • atsyā -
  • ad (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jantukān -
  • jantuka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 129
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