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 किं करिष्यामि यतो मे नश्यते शिशुः ।
यदर्थं प्रकृतं दानं तत्सर्वं निस्फलं तव ॥ १३६ ॥ {३६}

tadatra kiṃ kariṣyāmi yato me naśyate śiśuḥ |
yadarthaṃ prakṛtaṃ dānaṃ tatsarvaṃ nisphalaṃ tava || 136 || {36}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.136 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:

Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (23.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tra, Kim, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Asmad, Nashyat, Shishu, Yadartha, Prakrita, Prakrit, Dana, Tat, Tad, Sarvam, Sarva, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.136). 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 kiṃ kariṣyāmi yato me naśyate śiśuḥ
  • 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]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kariṣyāmi -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future active first single]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future active first single]
  • yato* -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • 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]
  • naśyate -
  • naśyat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    naśyat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    naś -> naśyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naśyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    naś (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
    naś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
  • śiśuḥ -
  • śiśu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śiśu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yadarthaṃ prakṛtaṃ dānaṃ tatsarvaṃ nisphalaṃ tava
  • yadartham -
  • yadartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yadartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prakṛtam -
  • prakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prakṛt (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse nisphalam*ta
  • tava -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
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