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)

धर्मेण सुकुले जन्म लक्ष्मी धर्मेण स्थीयते ।
विद्यायशो ऽर्थमोक्साश्च प्राप्यन्ते धर्मतः खलु ॥ २१० ॥ {१०}

dharmeṇa sukule janma lakṣmī dharmeṇa sthīyate |
vidyāyaśo 'rthamoksāśca prāpyante dharmataḥ khalu || 210 || {10}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.210 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 (10.210). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmena, Dharma, Sukula, Janma, Janman, Lakshmi, Vidya, Sha, Shas, Artha, Asmad, Uksh, Prapin, Prapya, Anta, Anti, Dharmatah, Dharmata, Khalu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.210). 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: “dharmeṇa sukule janma lakṣmī dharmeṇa sthīyate
  • dharmeṇa -
  • dharmeṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sukule -
  • sukula (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sukula (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sukulā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lakṣmī -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • dharmeṇa -
  • dharmeṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sthīyate -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “vidyāyaśo 'rthamoksāśca prāpyante dharmataḥ khalu || 210 |
  • vidyāya -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • śo' -
  • śas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    śa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • artha -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arth (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mo -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • uk -
  • ukṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ukṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sāś -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāpya -
  • prāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    prāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ante -
  • anta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    anta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    antā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • dharmataḥ -
  • dharmataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharmata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 210
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