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)

संपत्तौ तु लभेन्मानं मानाद्धि जायते मदः ।
मदाद्प्रमादितो धर्मे तदा धर्मो गृहे कुतः ॥ ७६ ॥ {७६}

saṃpattau tu labhenmānaṃ mānāddhi jāyate madaḥ |
madādpramādito dharme tadā dharmo gṛhe kutaḥ || 76 || {76}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.76 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 (7.76). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sampatti, Mana, Jayat, Mada, Dharma, Tada, Grih, Griha, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.76). 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: “saṃpattau tu labhenmānaṃ mānāddhi jāyate madaḥ
  • sampattau -
  • sampatti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • labhen -
  • labh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • mānāddh -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √man class 4 verb], [ablative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √man class 4 verb], [ablative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • 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]
  • madaḥ -
  • mada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “madādpramādito dharme tadā dharmo gṛhe kutaḥ || 76 |
  • Cannot analyse madādpramādito*dh
  • dharme -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dharmo* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kutaḥ -
  • kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 76
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