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)

येन विण्मूत्रधानानि तेन धावति दुःखिता ।
तदपि कृच्छ्रतो लब्ध्वा भुंक्ते किं चित्कदा चन ॥ ४९ ॥ {४९}

yena viṇmūtradhānāni tena dhāvati duḥkhitā |
tadapi kṛcchrato labdhvā bhuṃkte kiṃ citkadā cana || 49 || {49}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.49 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 (4.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yena, Yah, Yat, Vinmutra, Dhana, Tad, Tena, Dhavat, Duhkhita, Tat, Api, Kricchratah, Kim, Cit, Kada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.49). 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: “yena viṇmūtradhānāni tena dhāvati duḥkhitā
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • viṇmūtra -
  • viṇmūtra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhānāni -
  • dhāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • dhāvati -
  • dhāvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhāvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    dhāv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    dhāv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • duḥkhitā -
  • duḥkhitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tadapi kṛcchrato labdhvā bhuṃkte kiṃ citkadā cana || 49 |
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kṛcchrato* -
  • kṛcchrataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • labdhvā -
  • labh -> labdhvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √labh]
  • bhuṅkte -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [present middle third single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kadā -
  • kadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kadā (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cana* -
  • Cannot analyse 49
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