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)

किं ते वडिक दुःखत्वं वाधकश्च कथं वद ।
इति भगवता पृष्टो वडिकः स तथावदत् ॥ १९० ॥ {१९०}

kiṃ te vaḍika duḥkhatvaṃ vādhakaśca kathaṃ vada |
iti bhagavatā pṛṣṭo vaḍikaḥ sa tathāvadat || 190 || {190}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.190 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 (13.190). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Tad, Yushmad, Vadi, Duhkha, Tva, Vadha, Kah, Katham, Katha, Vada, Iti, Bhagavat, Bhagavata, Prishta, Tatha, Adat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.190). 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: “kiṃ te vaḍika duḥkhatvaṃ vādhakaśca kathaṃ vada
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vaḍi -
  • vaḍi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vaḍi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vaḍi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • duḥkha -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • vādha -
  • vādha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vādha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vada -
  • vada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “iti bhagavatā pṛṣṭo vaḍikaḥ sa tathāvadat || 190 |
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhagavatā -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhagavat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    bhagavatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pṛṣṭo* -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
  • vaḍi -
  • vaḍi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vaḍi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vaḍi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathāva -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • adat -
  • adat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    adat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 190
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