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)

त्वं हि युवा प्रमत्तो ऽसि मदनाक्रांतमानसः ।
कामभोग्यसुखारक्तस्तत्कथं तद्व्रतं चरेः ॥ ८५ ॥ {८५}

tvaṃ hi yuvā pramatto 'si madanākrāṃtamānasaḥ |
kāmabhogyasukhāraktastatkathaṃ tadvrataṃ careḥ || 85 || {85}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.85 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 (14.85). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tva, Yushmad, Yuva, Yuvan, Pramatta, Asi, Madana, Akranta, Anasa, Kama, Bhogin, Bhogya, Asukha, Arakta, Tat, Tad, Katham, Katha, Tadvrata, Cari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.85). 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: “tvaṃ hi yuvā pramatto 'si madanākrāṃtamānasaḥ
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yuvā -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pramatto' -
  • pramatta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • madanā -
  • madana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    madana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    madanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akrāntam -
  • akrānta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrānta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akrāntā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānasaḥ -
  • ānasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “kāmabhogyasukhāraktastatkathaṃ tadvrataṃ careḥ || 85 |
  • kāma -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhogya -
  • bhogin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    bhogin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhogya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhogya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asukhā -
  • asukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asukhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • araktas -
  • arakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
  • tadvratam -
  • tadvrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadvrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tadvratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • careḥ -
  • cari (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 85
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