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)

कन्यादानेन समान्यां लाभी स्यात्परिवारवान् ।
धनधान्यसमृद्धस्तु भूमिदानेन जायते ॥ १५० ॥ {१६}

kanyādānena samānyāṃ lābhī syātparivāravān |
dhanadhānyasamṛddhastu bhūmidānena jāyate || 150 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.150 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 (28.150). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kanyadana, Samani, Samanya, Labhin, Syat, Sya, Parivaravat, Dhanadhani, Dhanadhanya, Asamriddha, Bhumidana, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.150). 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: “kanyādānena samānyāṃ lābhī syātparivāravān
  • kanyādānena -
  • kanyādāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • samānyām -
  • samānī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    samānyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • lābhī -
  • lābhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • parivāravān -
  • parivāravat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dhanadhānyasamṛddhastu bhūmidānena jāyate || 150 |
  • dhanadhānya -
  • dhanadhānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dhanadhānya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asamṛddhas -
  • asamṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhūmidānena -
  • bhūmidāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • Cannot analyse 150
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