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)

तथापि स नृपो राजा नैव वहिर्विनिःसरेत् ।
तदत्र किं करिष्यावो येनाशु निश्चरेन्नृपः ॥ ११४ ॥ {१४}

tathāpi sa nṛpo rājā naiva vahirviniḥsaret |
tadatra kiṃ kariṣyāvo yenāśu niścarennṛpaḥ || 114 || {14}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.114 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 (38.114). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Api, Nripa, Raja, Naiva, Vahi, Tada, Tra, Kim, Yena, Yah, Yat, Ashu, Nishcara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.114). 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: “tathāpi sa nṛpo rājā naiva vahirviniḥsaret
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛpo* -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājā* -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • naiva -
  • naiva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vahir -
  • vahi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viniḥ -
  • vinis (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • saret -
  • sṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “tadatra kiṃ kariṣyāvo yenāśu niścarennṛpaḥ || 114 |
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kariṣyāvo* -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future active first dual]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future active first dual]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future active first dual]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future active first dual]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future active first dual]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future active first dual]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future active first dual]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future active first dual]
  • yenā -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • āśu -
  • āśu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    āśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • niścare -
  • niścara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • īnn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • paḥ -
  • pa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 114
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