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)

भूयो ऽप्येषा पुरा तत्र वारणस्यां द्विजात्मजाः ।
क्लेशाग्निपरिदग्धांगा दरिद्रा कृपणाभवत् ॥ १५६ ॥ {५७}

bhūyo 'pyeṣā purā tatra vāraṇasyāṃ dvijātmajāḥ |
kleśāgniparidagdhāṃgā daridrā kṛpaṇābhavat || 156 || {57}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.156 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 (17.156). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Api, Apya, Esha, Pura, Pur, Tatra, Varanasi, Dvija, Klesha, Agnipa, Rit, Gdha, Anga, Daridra, Kripana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.156). 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: “bhūyo 'pyeṣā purā tatra vāraṇasyāṃ dvijātmajāḥ
  • bhūyo' -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • apye -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • eṣā -
  • eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • purā -
  • purā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vāraṇasyām -
  • vāraṇasī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • dvijāt -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    dvija (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jāḥ -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “kleśāgniparidagdhāṃgā daridrā kṛpaṇābhavat || 156 |
  • kleśā -
  • kleśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kleś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • agnipa -
  • agnipa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    agnipa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rid -
  • rit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    rit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gdhā -
  • gdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gdhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgā* -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • daridrā -
  • daridrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛpaṇā -
  • kṛpaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛpaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛpaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 156
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