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)

क्लेशयित्वा ददातीह स्वकार्थं वा ह येन वा ।
यशःसौख्याभिलाखाद्वा स क्लिष्टं लभते फलं ॥ १५२ ॥ {१८}

kleśayitvā dadātīha svakārthaṃ vā ha yena vā |
yaśaḥsaukhyābhilākhādvā sa kliṣṭaṃ labhate phalaṃ || 152 || {18}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.152 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 (28.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dadati, Iha, Svakartha, Var, Han, Yena, Yah, Yat, Yasha, Yashas, Saukhya, Abhila, Akha, Klishtam, Klishta, Labhat, Phala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.152). 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: “kleśayitvā dadātīha svakārthaṃ ha yena
  • kleśayitvā -
  • kliś -> kleśayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kliś]
  • dadātī -
  • dadāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • svakārtham -
  • svakārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svakārtha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “yaśaḥsaukhyābhilākhādvā sa kliṣṭaṃ labhate phalaṃ || 152 |
  • yaśaḥ -
  • yaśas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    yaśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saukhyā -
  • saukhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ābhilā -
  • ābhila (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ābhila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ākhād -
  • ākha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kliṣṭam -
  • kliṣṭam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kliṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kliṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kliṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kliś -> kliṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kliś class 4 verb], [accusative single from √kliś class 9 verb]
    kliś -> kliṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kliś class 4 verb], [accusative single from √kliś class 4 verb], [nominative single from √kliś class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kliś class 9 verb]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 152
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