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)

अजैडकशृगालांश्च शशाखुमृगासुकरान् ।
अन्यांश्च प्राणिनो घ्नंति संघातं यान्ति ते नराः ॥ ८८ ॥ {८८}

ajaiḍakaśṛgālāṃśca śaśākhumṛgāsukarān |
anyāṃśca prāṇino ghnaṃti saṃghātaṃ yānti te narāḥ || 88 || {88}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.88 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 (28.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ajaidaka, Shrigala, Shasha, Akhu, Ric, Asuka, Rat, Ani, Anya, Pranin, Pranina, Ghnat, Sanghata, Yantin, Yanti, Tad, Yushmad, Nara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.88). 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: “ajaiḍakaśṛgālāṃśca śaśākhumṛgāsukarān
  • ajaiḍaka -
  • ajaiḍaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śṛgālāṃś -
  • śṛgāla (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaśā -
  • śaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śā (verb class 3)
    [perfect active second plural]
    śā (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    śaś (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ākhum -
  • ākhu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ākhu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ṛg -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • āsuka -
  • āsuka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rān -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> rāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
  • Line 2: “anyāṃśca prāṇino ghnaṃti saṃghātaṃ yānti te narāḥ || 88 |
  • anyā -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āṃś -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāṇino* -
  • prāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prāṇin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prāṇina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ghnanti -
  • ghnat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    han -> ghnat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √han class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √han class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √han class 2 verb]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • saṅghātam -
  • saṅghāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṅghāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yānti -
  • yāntin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāntin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yāntī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    yāntī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāntī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 88
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