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)

यतो ऽपि दुर्गतिं प्राप्तिस्तत्कर्म तर्हितं बुधैः ।
तदत्र किं करिष्ये ऽहं क्व यास्याम्यर्थमर्जितुं ।
अर्थं विना कथं धर्मं कर्त्तव्यं हि कुटुंविभिः ॥ ७५ ॥ {७५}

yato 'pi durgatiṃ prāptistatkarma tarhitaṃ budhaiḥ |
tadatra kiṃ kariṣye 'haṃ kva yāsyāmyarthamarjituṃ |
arthaṃ vinā kathaṃ dharmaṃ karttavyaṃ hi kuṭuṃvibhiḥ || 75 || {75}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.75 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 (12.75). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatah, Yat, Yata, Api, Durgati, Prapti, Tat, Tad, Karman, Tarhi, Budha, Tada, Tra, Kim, Karishya, Aha, Asmad, Kva, Artha, Vina, Katham, Katha, Dharma, Karttavya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.75). 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: “yato 'pi durgatiṃ prāptistatkarma tarhitaṃ budhaiḥ
  • yato' -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • durgatim -
  • durgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    durgati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prāptis -
  • prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tarhi -
  • tarhi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tarhi (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tarhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • budhaiḥ -
  • budha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    budha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “tadatra kiṃ kariṣye 'haṃ kva yāsyāmyarthamarjituṃ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kariṣye' -
  • kariṣya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kariṣya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kariṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛ (verb class 1)
    [future middle first single]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [future middle first single]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [future middle first single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [future middle first single]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [future middle first single]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [future middle first single]
    kṝ (verb class 5)
    [future middle first single]
    kṝ (verb class 9)
    [future middle first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • kva -
  • kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yāsyāmya -
  • (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • arjitum -
  • ṛj -> arjitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √ṛj]
  • Line 3: “arthaṃ vinā kathaṃ dharmaṃ karttavyaṃ hi kuṭuṃvibhiḥ || 75 |
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vinā -
  • vinā (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • karttavyam -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karttavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karttavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ku -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • ṭuṃ -
  • ṭu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vibhiḥ -
  • vi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 75
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