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)

मदेन वर्द्धते मानं मानाल् लोके प्रमादता ।
प्रमादाद्दीप्यते चेर्ष्या कोपाग्निर्दीप्यते ततः ॥ २६ ॥ {२६}

madena varddhate mānaṃ mānāl loke pramādatā |
pramādāddīpyate cerṣyā kopāgnirdīpyate tataḥ || 26 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.26 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 (15.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mada, Riddha, Tad, Yushmad, Mana, Loka, Pramada, Tan, Irshya, Kopagni, Tatah, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.26). 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: “madena varddhate mānaṃ mānāl loke pramādatā
  • madena -
  • mada (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mada (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • var -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṛddha -
  • ṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • mānāl -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √man class 4 verb], [ablative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √man class 4 verb], [ablative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • pramāda -
  • pramāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pramādāddīpyate cerṣyā kopāgnirdīpyate tataḥ || 26 |
  • pramādād -
  • pramāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • dīpyate -
  • dīp (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
  • ce -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • irṣyā -
  • irṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kopāgnir -
  • kopāgni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kopāgni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dīpyate -
  • dīp (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single], [present passive third single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 26
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