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)

Verse 3.48

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दानेनैव हि लोभ्यंते यशोधर्मसुखानि च ।
अन्यथा नैव लप्स्यन्ते ततः संपन्निरर्थिता ॥ ४८ ॥ {४६}

dānenaiva hi lobhyaṃte yaśodharmasukhāni ca |
anyathā naiva lapsyante tataḥ saṃpannirarthitā || 48 || {46}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.48 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 (3.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dana, Yashodharman, Kha, Anyatha, Naiva, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sampat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.48). 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: “dānenaiva hi lobhyaṃte yaśodharmasukhāni ca ”
dānenai -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
lobhyante -
√lubh (verb class 0)

[present passive third plural]
yaśodharmasu -
yaśodharman (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
khāni -
khāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

kha (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “anyathā naiva lapsyante tataḥ saṃpannirarthitā || 48 |”
anyathā* -
anyathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
lapsyante -
√labh (verb class 1)

[future middle third plural]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
sampann -
sampat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
ir -
i (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arthitā* -
Cannot analyse 48

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021