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)

व्यर्थमेव मया द्रव्यं कष्टेन समुपार्जितं ।
किं करिष्यामि तद्द्रव्यं सर्वथा मरणे सति ॥ २४ ॥ {२४}

vyarthameva mayā dravyaṃ kaṣṭena samupārjitaṃ |
kiṃ kariṣyāmi taddravyaṃ sarvathā maraṇe sati || 24 || {24}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.24 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 (10.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyartham, Vyartha, Eva, Maya, Dravya, Dravi, Kashta, Samuparjita, Kim, Tad, Tat, Sarvatha, Marana, Sat, Sati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.24). 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: “vyarthameva mayā dravyaṃ kaṣṭena samupārjitaṃ
  • vyartham -
  • vyartham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vyartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vyartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vyarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mayā* -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dravyam -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kaṣṭena -
  • kaṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    kaṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]
    kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]
    kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √kaś class 1 verb]
    kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √kaś class 1 verb]
  • samupārjitam -
  • samupārjita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samupārjita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samupārjitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “kiṃ kariṣyāmi taddravyaṃ sarvathā maraṇe sati || 24 |
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kariṣyāmi -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future active first single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dravyam -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sarvathā -
  • sarvathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • maraṇe -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sati -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse 24
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