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)

दमियं स्वतनूद्भूता सहजा जीवितेन्द्रैः ।
तदियं कथमुत्कृत्य दातव्येति विचारय ॥ ६८ ॥ {६७}

damiyaṃ svatanūdbhūtā sahajā jīvitendraiḥ |
tadiyaṃ kathamutkṛtya dātavyeti vicāraya || 68 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.68 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 (36.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Damin, Yah, Svatanu, Udbhuta, Sahaja, Jivita, Indra, Tad, Tat, Iyam, Idam, Katham, Katha, Utkritya, Datavya, Iti, Vicara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.68). 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: “damiyaṃ svatanūdbhūtā sahajā jīvitendraiḥ
  • dami -
  • damin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    damin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • svatanū -
  • svatanu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    svatanu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    svatanu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • udbhūtā -
  • udbhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sahajā* -
  • sahaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sahajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jīvite -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    jīvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √jīv class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • indraiḥ -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “tadiyaṃ kathamutkṛtya dātavyeti vicāraya || 68 |
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iyam -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • utkṛtya -
  • utkṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dātavye -
  • dātavya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    dātavya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • vicāra -
  • vicāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ya* -
  • Cannot analyse 68
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