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)

धिग्मे जीवं दरिद्रायाः किमेवं जीवितेन हि ।
पित्रोरपि दयास्नेहदृष्टिर्न विद्यते मयि ॥ २२४ ॥ {७४}

dhigme jīvaṃ daridrāyāḥ kimevaṃ jīvitena hi |
pitrorapi dayāsnehadṛṣṭirna vidyate mayi || 224 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.224 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 (37.224). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dha, Gma, Jiva, Daridra, Kimi, Jivita, Pitri, Api, Daya, Rishti, Mayi, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.224). 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: “dhigme jīvaṃ daridrāyāḥ kimevaṃ jīvitena hi
  • dhi -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • gme -
  • gmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jīvam -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jīv]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    jīvan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • daridrāyāḥ -
  • daridrā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • kime -
  • kimi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    kimi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • jīvitena -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “pitrorapi dayāsnehadṛṣṭirna vidyate mayi || 224 |
  • pitror -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dayā -
  • daya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asnehad -
  • snih (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • ṛṣṭir -
  • ṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyate -
  • vid (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
    vid (verb class 7)
    [present passive third single]
  • mayi -
  • mayī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse 224
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