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)

नृपाग्न्युदका चौरादि दुष्टाः शठाश्च वंचकाः ।
श्रीदेवीव्रतिनः किंचिदपकर्तुं न शक्नुयुः ॥ ३१७ ॥ {१६}

nṛpāgnyudakā caurādi duṣṭāḥ śaṭhāśca vaṃcakāḥ |
śrīdevīvratinaḥ kiṃcidapakartuṃ na śaknuyuḥ || 317 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.317 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 (38.317). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nripa, Agni, Caura, Dushta, Shatha, Vancaka, Shridevi, Vratin, Vrati, Kincid, Kincit, Apa, Kartu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.317). 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: “nṛpāgnyudakā caurādi duṣṭāḥ śaṭhāśca vaṃcakāḥ
  • nṛpā -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • agnyu -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • udakā -
  • caurā -
  • caura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    caurā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • duṣṭāḥ -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    duṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śaṭhāś -
  • śaṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śaṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vañcakāḥ -
  • vañcaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vañcakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “śrīdevīvratinaḥ kiṃcidapakartuṃ na śaknuyuḥ || 317 |
  • śrīdevī -
  • śrīdevī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • vratinaḥ -
  • vratin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vratin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vratī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • kiñcid -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • apa -
  • apa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kartum -
  • kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kartu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kartu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaknuyuḥ -
  • śak (verb class 5)
    [optative active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 317
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