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)

एतद्धर्मानुभावेन महत्समृद्धिमाप्नुयात् ।
महत्समृद्धिसंपत्सु कर्त्तव्यं दानमर्थिषु ॥ १४४ ॥ {३२}

etaddharmānubhāvena mahatsamṛddhimāpnuyāt |
mahatsamṛddhisaṃpatsu karttavyaṃ dānamarthiṣu || 144 || {32}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.144 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 (16.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Harman, Anubhava, Mahat, Samriddhi, Samriddhin, Sampad, Sampat, Karttavya, Dana, Arthin, Arthi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.144). 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: “etaddharmānubhāvena mahatsamṛddhimāpnuyāt
  • etaddh -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • harmā -
  • harman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anubhāvena -
  • anubhāva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • mahat -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • samṛddhim -
  • samṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “mahatsamṛddhisaṃpatsu karttavyaṃ dānamarthiṣu || 144 |
  • mahat -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • samṛddhi -
  • samṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    samṛddhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    samṛddhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sampatsu -
  • sampad (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    sampat (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sampat (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    sampat (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • karttavyam -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karttavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karttavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • arthiṣu -
  • arthin (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 144
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