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)

अचिन्तितानि रत्नादि धनद्रव्यगुणानि च ।
यशोधर्मार्थकामादि सुखानि समवाप्नुयुः ॥ ३४१ ॥ {४०}

acintitāni ratnādi dhanadravyaguṇāni ca |
yaśodharmārthakāmādi sukhāni samavāpnuyuḥ || 341 || {40}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.341 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 (38.341). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acintita, Ratna, Dhana, Dravyaguna, Ani, Yashodharman, Arthakama, Sukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.341). 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: “acintitāni ratnādi dhanadravyaguṇāni ca
  • acintitāni -
  • acintita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ratnā -
  • ratna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ratnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dhana -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dhan (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dravyaguṇā -
  • dravyaguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ani -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “yaśodharmārthakāmādi sukhāni samavāpnuyuḥ || 341 |
  • yaśodharmā -
  • yaśodharman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • arthakāmā -
  • arthakāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arthakāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arthakāmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sukhāni -
  • sukha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • samavā -
  • samava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyuḥ -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 341
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