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)

भवन्तो न मया ज्ञातं भवतां कोपकारणं ।
तदत्र मे समाख्यात यदर्थे कुप्यते ऽधुना ॥ ९६ ॥ {९७}

bhavanto na mayā jñātaṃ bhavatāṃ kopakāraṇaṃ |
tadatra me samākhyāta yadarthe kupyate 'dhunā || 96 || {97}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.96 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 (18.96). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavanta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Maya, Jnata, Kopakarana, Tada, Tra, Asmad, Samakhyata, Yadartha, Kupyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.96). 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: “bhavanto na mayā jñātaṃ bhavatāṃ kopakāraṇaṃ
  • bhavanto* -
  • bhavanta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mayā* -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jñātam -
  • jñāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jñāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jñātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jñā -> jñāta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñāta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [accusative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
  • bhavatām -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third dual]
  • kopakāraṇam -
  • kopakāraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “tadatra me samākhyāta yadarthe kupyate 'dhunā || 96 |
  • 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]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • samākhyāta -
  • samākhyāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samākhyāta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yadarthe -
  • yadartha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yadartha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kupyate' -
  • kup -> kupyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √kup class 4 verb]
    kup -> kupyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √kup class 4 verb]
    kup (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
  • adhunā* -
  • Cannot analyse 96
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