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 28.122

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दानं निवारयत्येव न हि किं तिद्ददाति यः ।
क्षुत्क्षामासौ महाकुक्षिः प्रेतः शूचिमुखो भवेत् ॥ १२२ ॥ {४}

dānaṃ nivārayatyeva na hi kiṃ tiddadāti yaḥ |
kṣutkṣāmāsau mahākukṣiḥ pretaḥ śūcimukho bhavet || 122 || {4}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.122 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 (28.122). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dana, Nivara, Yat, Yati, Yatin, Yatya, Eva, Kim, Yah, Kshutkshama, Asi, Asu, Adah, Mah, Maha, Kukshi, Pretri, Preta, Shuci, Ukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.122). 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: “dānaṃ nivārayatyeva na hi kiṃ tiddadāti yaḥ ”
dānam -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nivāra -
nivāra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
yatye -
yati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

yatin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

yati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

yatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

yatya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yatya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

yatyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yatī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√yat -> yatya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √yat class 10 verb]

√yat -> yatya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √yat class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √yat class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √yat class 10 verb], [locative single from √yat class 10 verb]

√yat -> yatyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √yat class 10 verb], [vocative single from √yat class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √yat class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √yat class 10 verb]

√yat (verb class 1)

[present passive first single]

√yat (verb class 10)

[present passive first single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse tiddadāti*ya
yaḥ -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kṣutkṣāmāsau mahākukṣiḥ pretaḥ śūcimukho bhavet || 122 |”
kṣutkṣāmā -
kṣutkṣāma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣutkṣāma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣutkṣāmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
mahā -
mahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mah (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mahā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kukṣiḥ -
kukṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

kukṣi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pretaḥ -
pretṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

preta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
śūcim -
śūci (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

śūci (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ukho* -
ukha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Cannot analyse 122

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021