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)

कुत्रासौ जायते नूनं न मन्ये तत्प्रवृत्तितां ।
को नु ज्ञास्यति तद्वृत्तिं बुद्धादन्यो न कश्चन ॥ ६८ ॥ {६८}

kutrāsau jāyate nūnaṃ na manye tatpravṛttitāṃ |
ko nu jñāsyati tadvṛttiṃ buddhādanyo na kaścana || 68 || {68}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.68 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 (6.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kutra, Asi, Asu, Adah, Jayat, Nunam, Manya, Mani, Tat, Tad, Kah, Jnasyat, Tadvritti, Buddha, Ani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.68). 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: “kutrāsau jāyate nūnaṃ na manye tatpravṛttitāṃ
  • kutrā -
  • kutra (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • nūnam -
  • nūnam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • manye -
  • manya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    manya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    manyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    manī (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    man (verb class 4)
    [present middle first single], [present passive first single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [present passive first single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pravṛtti -
  • pravṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ko nu jñāsyati tadvṛttiṃ buddhādanyo na kaścana || 68 |
  • ko* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nu -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • jñāsyati -
  • jñā -> jñāsyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [locative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā -> jñāsyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [locative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
    jñā (verb class 3)
    [future active third single]
    jñā (verb class 9)
    [future active third single]
  • tadvṛttim -
  • tadvṛtti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    tadvṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • buddhād -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • anyo* -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cana* -
  • Cannot analyse 68
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