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 28.128

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निर्दयाः प्राणिनो घ्नन्ति भक्ष्यार्थं ये ददन्त्यपि ।
मांसाहाराश्च ते ऽवश्यं भवन्ति प्रेतराक्षसाः ॥ १२८ ॥ {१०}

nirdayāḥ prāṇino ghnanti bhakṣyārthaṃ ye dadantyapi |
māṃsāhārāśca te 'vaśyaṃ bhavanti pretarākṣasāḥ || 128 || {10}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.128 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 (28.128). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirdaya, Pranin, Pranina, Ghnat, Bhakshin, Bhakshya, Bhakshi, Artha, Yah, Yat, Api, Mamsahara, Tad, Yushmad, Avashyam, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Preta, Rakshasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.128). 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: “nirdayāḥ prāṇino ghnanti bhakṣyārthaṃ ye dadantyapi ”
nirdayāḥ -
nirdaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nirdayā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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]
bhakṣyā -
bhakṣin (noun, masculine)

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

bhakṣin (noun, neuter)

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

bhakṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bhakṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √bhakṣ]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √bhakṣ]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhakṣ]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √bhakṣ]

bhakṣi (noun, masculine)

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

bhakṣi (noun, feminine)

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

bhakṣi (noun, neuter)

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

bhakṣyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √bhakṣ]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √bhakṣ]

√bhakṣ -> bhakṣyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √bhakṣ]
ārtham -
ārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ārtha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

√arth (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
dadantya -
√dā (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]

√dad (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “māṃsāhārāśca te 'vaśyaṃ bhavanti pretarākṣasāḥ || 128 |”
māṃsāhārāś -
māṃsāhāra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te' -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
avaśyam -
avaśyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avaśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhavanti -
bhavanti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

bhavantī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
preta -
preta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

preta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
rākṣasāḥ -
rākṣasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Cannot analyse 128

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021