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)

अथ यदि भयाद् राज्ञो नावदिष्यंस्तथा क्वचित् ।
नूनं तं यतिमर्हन्तमपि राजा हनिष्यते ॥ ८७ ॥ {८६}

atha yadi bhayād rājño nāvadiṣyaṃstathā kvacit |
nūnaṃ taṃ yatimarhantamapi rājā haniṣyate || 87 || {86}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.87 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 (19.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Yadi, Yad, Bhayat, Bhaya, Rajan, Nava, Asmad, Kva, Acit, Nunam, Yati, Arhanta, Arhat, Api, Raja, Hanishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.87). 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: “atha yadi bhayād rājño nāvadiṣyaṃstathā kvacit
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • bhayād -
  • bhayāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • rājño* -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • nāva -
  • nāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • adiṣya -
  • (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
  • aṃ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sta -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • thā -
  • kva -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • acit -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nūnaṃ taṃ yatimarhantamapi rājā haniṣyate || 87 |
  • nūnam -
  • nūnam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yatim -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • arhantam -
  • arhanta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arhanta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arhantā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    arhat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • rājā* -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • haniṣyate -
  • han -> haniṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √han class 1 verb], [dative single from √han class 2 verb]
    han -> haniṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √han class 1 verb], [dative single from √han class 2 verb]
    han (verb class 1)
    [future middle third single]
    han (verb class 2)
    [future middle third single]
  • Cannot analyse 87
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