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)

भार्या हि पालनीया सा यदि धर्मार्थिनी सती ।
किं त्वं पापार्थिनी दुष्टा यशोधर्मविनाशिनी ॥ ८९ ॥ {८०}

bhāryā hi pālanīyā sā yadi dharmārthinī satī |
kiṃ tvaṃ pāpārthinī duṣṭā yaśodharmavināśinī || 89 || {80}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.89 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 (4.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bharya, Palaniya, Yadi, Yad, Dharma, Dharman, Arthin, Arthini, Arthi, Sat, Sati, Kim, Tva, Yushmad, Papa, Dushta, Vinashin, Vinashini, Vinashi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.89). 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: “bhāryā hi pālanīyā yadi dharmārthinī satī
  • bhāryā* -
  • bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ], [accusative plural from √bhṛ]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pālanīyā -
  • pālanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pāl -> pālanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pāl class 10 verb]
    -> pālanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • dharmā -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arthinī -
  • arthinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • satī -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “kiṃ tvaṃ pāpārthinī duṣṭā yaśodharmavināśinī || 89 |
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • pāpā -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arthinī -
  • arthinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • duṣṭā* -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    duṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yaśodharma -
  • yaśodharman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • vināśinī -
  • vināśinī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vināśin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vināśī (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 89
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