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)

अर्जने हि महत्कष्टं रक्षणे ऽपि प्रयत्नता ।
अनेके संपदो ऽपाया राजाग्न्युदकतस्कराः ॥ ७२ ॥ {७२}

arjane hi mahatkaṣṭaṃ rakṣaṇe 'pi prayatnatā |
aneke saṃpado 'pāyā rājāgnyudakataskarāḥ || 72 || {72}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.72 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 (7.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arjana, Mahat, Kashtam, Kashta, Rakshana, Api, Prayatna, Tan, Aneka, Sampad, Sampada, Apaya, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Agni, Udaka, Taskara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.72). 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: “arjane hi mahatkaṣṭaṃ rakṣaṇe 'pi prayatnatā
  • arjane -
  • arjana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mahat -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kaṣṭam -
  • kaṣṭam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kaṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kaṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kaṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]
    kaṣ -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kaṣ class 1 verb]
    kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kaś class 1 verb]
    kaś -> kaṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kaś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kaś class 1 verb]
  • rakṣaṇe' -
  • rakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    rakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prayatna -
  • prayatna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “aneke saṃpado 'pāyā rājāgnyudakataskarāḥ || 72 |
  • aneke -
  • aneka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    aneka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anekā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sampado' -
  • sampad (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sampada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apāyā* -
  • apāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • rājā -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • agnyu -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • udaka -
  • udaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taskarāḥ -
  • taskara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 72
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