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)

तदत्र मानुषे जन्मप्राप्तैर्यत्नेन मानवैः ।
सत्कृत्य श्रद्धया नित्यं श्रोतव्यं सद्वृषं मुदा ॥ १४० ॥ {२८}

tadatra mānuṣe janmaprāptairyatnena mānavaiḥ |
satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃ śrotavyaṃ sadvṛṣaṃ mudā || 140 || {28}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.140 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 (16.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tra, Manusha, Janma, Janman, Prapta, Yatna, Manava, Satkritya, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Nityam, Nitya, Shrotavya, Sat, Sad, Vrisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.140). 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: “tadatra mānuṣe janmaprāptairyatnena mānavaiḥ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mānuṣe -
  • mānuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mānuṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • prāptair -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    prāpta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • yatnena -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • mānavaiḥ -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    mānava (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃ śrotavyaṃ sadvṛṣaṃ mudā || 140 |
  • satkṛtya -
  • satkṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satkṛtya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrotavyam -
  • śrotavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrotavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrotavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śru -> śrotavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śrotavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
  • sad -
  • sat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vṛṣam -
  • vṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vṛṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vṛṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vṛṣan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vṛṣan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • mudā* -
  • Cannot analyse 140
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