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)

नखा एवासयस्तेषामायसा ज्वलिताः खराः ।
तैरन्योन्यं निकृन्तन्ति यत्तेनासिनखाः स्मृताः ॥ ९७ ॥ {९७}

nakhā evāsayasteṣāmāyasā jvalitāḥ kharāḥ |
tairanyonyaṃ nikṛntanti yattenāsinakhāḥ smṛtāḥ || 97 || {97}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.97 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 (28.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nakha, Eva, Asi, Tad, Ayasa, Jvalita, Khara, Taira, Krintat, Krintanti, Yatta, Asinakha, Smrita, Smrito,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.97). 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: “nakhā evāsayasteṣāmāyasā jvalitāḥ kharāḥ
  • nakhā* -
  • nakha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • evā -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asayas -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    say (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • āyasā* -
  • āyasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • jvalitāḥ -
  • jvalita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jvalitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    jval -> jvalita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jval], [vocative plural from √jval]
    jval -> jvalitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √jval], [vocative plural from √jval], [accusative plural from √jval]
  • kharāḥ -
  • khara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “tairanyonyaṃ nikṛntanti yattenāsinakhāḥ smṛtāḥ || 97 |
  • taira -
  • taira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nyo -
  • ni (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • unya -
  • ū (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kṛntanti -
  • kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛt class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> kṛntantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> kṛntat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛt class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛt class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛt class 7 verb]
    kṛt (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
    kṛt (verb class 7)
    [present active third plural]
  • yattenā -
  • yatta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yatta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    yat -> yatta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √yat class 1 verb]
    yat -> yatta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √yat class 1 verb]
  • asinakhāḥ -
  • asinakha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • smṛtāḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 97
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