![Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit] - book cover](/uploads/a/Avadana-Sanskrit_1.jpg)
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)
Verse 28.18
प्रवर्त्तिते सदा युद्धे तयो राज्ञो हि मानिनोः ।
दुर्भिक्षमपि तत्राभूद्बहुलोकविघातनं ॥ १८ ॥ {१८}
pravarttite sadā yuddhe tayo rājño hi māninoḥ |
durbhikṣamapi tatrābhūdbahulokavighātanaṃ || 18 || {18}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.18 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 (28.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Sada, Yuddha, Taya, Rajan, Manin, Durbhiksha, Api, Tatra, Kavi, Ghatana,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.18). 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: “pravarttite sadā yuddhe tayo rājño hi māninoḥ ”
- Cannot analyse pravarttite*sa
- sadā* -
-
sada (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]sadā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yuddhe -
-
yuddha (noun, masculine)[locative single]yuddha (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]yuddhā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√yudh -> yuddha (participle, masculine)[locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]√yudh -> yuddha (participle, neuter)[nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [locative single from √yudh class 4 verb]√yudh -> yuddhā (participle, feminine)[nominative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative single from √yudh class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √yudh class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √yudh class 4 verb]
- tayo* -
-
taya (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- rājño* -
-
rājan (noun, masculine)[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
- hi -
-
hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- māninoḥ -
-
mānin (noun, masculine)[genitive dual], [locative dual]mānin (noun, neuter)[genitive dual], [locative dual]
- Line 2: “durbhikṣamapi tatrābhūdbahulokavighātanaṃ || 18 |”
- durbhikṣam -
-
durbhikṣa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- api -
-
api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- tatrā -
-
tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- abhūd -
-
√bhū (verb class 1)[aorist active third single]
- bahulo -
-
- kavi -
-
kavi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]kavi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]kavi (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- ghātanam -
-
ghātana (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ghātana (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ghātanā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- Cannot analyse 18