![Ratnamalavadana [sanskrit] - book cover](/uploads/a/Avadana-Sanskrit_1.jpg)
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 34.21
कस्मायेतदहं दद्यां संमानो येन मे भवेत् ।
एवं ध्यात्वा पुनस्तत्र मनसैवं व्यचिन्तयत् ॥ २१ ॥ {२१}
kasmāyetadahaṃ dadyāṃ saṃmāno yena me bhavet |
evaṃ dhyātvā punastatra manasaivaṃ vyacintayat || 21 || {21}
The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.21 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 (34.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Smaya, Tada, Ham, Dadi, Mana, Yena, Yah, Yat, Asmad, Evam, Eva, Dhyatva, Puna, Tatra, Manasa, Manas, Vya,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.21). 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: “kasmāyetadahaṃ dadyāṃ saṃmāno yena me bhavet ”
- ka -
-
ka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- smāye -
-
smāya (noun, masculine)[locative single]smāya (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
- tada -
-
tada (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tada (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ham -
-
ham (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]hā (noun, feminine)[adverb]han (noun, neuter)[adverb]
- dadyām -
-
dadi (noun, feminine)[locative single]√dā (verb class 3)[optative active first single]
- saṃ -
-
sa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- māno* -
-
māna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]√man -> māna (participle, masculine)[nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
- yena -
-
yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- me -
-
ma (noun, masculine)[locative single]ma (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]mā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]asmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- bhavet -
-
√bhū (verb class 1)[optative active third single]
- Line 2: “evaṃ dhyātvā punastatra manasaivaṃ vyacintayat || 21 |”
- evam -
-
evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- dhyātvā -
-
√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhyā]√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)[absolutive from √dhyā]dhyātvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- punas -
-
pu (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]puna (noun, masculine)[nominative single]pū (noun, neuter)[ablative single], [genitive single]
- tatra -
-
tatra (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]tatra (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tatra (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- manasai -
-
manasā (indeclinable)[indeclinable]manasa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]manasa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]manas (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]manasā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- evam -
-
evam (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]evam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]eva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]eva (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]evā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- vya -
-
vi (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]vi (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]vi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]vi (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ve (noun, masculine)[adverb]vya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]vī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]vī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]vi (Preverb)[Preverb]
- acintayat -
-
√cint (verb class 10)[imperfect active third single]
- Cannot analyse 21