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)

क्रूरैः श्वभिरयोद्रंष्ट्रैः कृत्यन्ते विवशा भृशं ।
वर्षकोटि रटन्तो ऽपि ये नराः खेटके रताः ॥ १०२ ॥ {२}

krūraiḥ śvabhirayodraṃṣṭraiḥ kṛtyante vivaśā bhṛśaṃ |
varṣakoṭi raṭanto 'pi ye narāḥ kheṭake ratāḥ || 102 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.102 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 (28.102). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krura, Vivasha, Bhrisham, Bhrisha, Varsha, Koti, Ratat, Api, Yah, Yat, Nara, Khetaka, Rata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.102). 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: “krūraiḥ śvabhirayodraṃṣṭraiḥ kṛtyante vivaśā bhṛśaṃ
  • krūraiḥ -
  • krūra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    krūra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse śvabhirayodraṃṣṭraiḥ*kṛ
  • kṛtyante -
  • kṛt (verb class 1)
    [present passive third plural]
    kṛt (verb class 6)
    [present passive third plural]
    kṛt (verb class 7)
    [present passive third plural]
  • vivaśā* -
  • vivaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vivaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhṛśam -
  • bhṛśam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “varṣakoṭi raṭanto 'pi ye narāḥ kheṭake ratāḥ || 102 |
  • varṣa -
  • varṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • koṭi -
  • koṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    koṭī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • raṭanto' -
  • raṭ -> raṭat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √raṭ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √raṭ class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kheṭake -
  • kheṭaka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kheṭaka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ratāḥ -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 102
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