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)

नीचापरायमानेन विपर्यासेन चोद्गतः ।
भवन्ति सुखिनः सौख्यं दुःखं दत्वा च दुःखिनः ॥ १६४ ॥ {३०}

nīcāparāyamānena viparyāsena codgataḥ |
bhavanti sukhinaḥ saukhyaṃ duḥkhaṃ datvā ca duḥkhinaḥ || 164 || {30}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.164 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 (28.164). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nica, Apara, Ayama, Viparyasa, Udgata, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Sukhi, Sukhin, Saukhya, Duhkham, Duhkha, Dad, Duhkhin, Duhkhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.164). 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: “nīcāparāyamānena viparyāsena codgataḥ
  • nīcā -
  • nīcā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nīca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nīca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nīcā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aparā -
  • apara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    apara (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    aparā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyamān -
  • āyama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • viparyāsena -
  • viparyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • co -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udgataḥ -
  • udgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhavanti sukhinaḥ saukhyaṃ duḥkhaṃ datvā ca duḥkhinaḥ || 164 |
  • 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]
  • sukhinaḥ -
  • sukhī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sukhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sukhin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • saukhyam -
  • saukhya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • duḥkham -
  • duḥkham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dat -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • duḥkhinaḥ -
  • duḥkhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    duḥkhin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    duḥkhī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 164
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