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)

केचिच्च सुंदरा मूर्खा निर्धना निर्गुणाः शठाः ।
केचिच्च गुणिनः प्राढ्या नीचकर्मानुचारिणः ॥ १५४ ॥ {५२}

kecicca suṃdarā mūrkhā nirdhanā nirguṇāḥ śaṭhāḥ |
kecicca guṇinaḥ prāḍhyā nīcakarmānucāriṇaḥ || 154 || {52}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.154 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 (12.154). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kah, Kim, Cit, Sundara, Murkha, Nirdhana, Nirguna, Shatha, Gunin, Guni, Pra, Adhya, Nicakarman, Anucarin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.154). 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: “kecicca suṃdarā mūrkhā nirdhanā nirguṇāḥ śaṭhāḥ
  • 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]
  • sundarā* -
  • sundara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sundarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mūrkhā* -
  • mūrkha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mūrkhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirdhanā* -
  • nirdhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirdhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirguṇāḥ -
  • nirguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirguṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śaṭhāḥ -
  • śaṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śaṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “kecicca guṇinaḥ prāḍhyā nīcakarmānucāriṇaḥ || 154 |
  • 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]
  • guṇinaḥ -
  • guṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    guṇin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    guṇī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āḍhyā* -
  • āḍhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    āḍhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nīcakarmā -
  • nīcakarman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    nīcakarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anucāriṇaḥ -
  • anucārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    anucārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 154
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