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)

सर्वाण्येतानि यत्नानि त्वया व्यर्थीकृतानि हि ।
तदत्र किं त्वया पत्न्या पापिष्ठया व्रजाधुना ॥ १४० ॥ {४०}

sarvāṇyetāni yatnāni tvayā vyarthīkṛtāni hi |
tadatra kiṃ tvayā patnyā pāpiṣṭhayā vrajādhunā || 140 || {40}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.140 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 (23.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Sarvani, Eta, Etad, Yatna, Ani, Tva, Yushmad, Vyarthi, Krita, Tada, Tra, Kim, Patni, Papishtha, Vraja,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.140). 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: “sarvāṇyetāni yatnāni tvayā vyarthīkṛtāni hi
  • sarvāṇye -
  • sarvāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • etāni -
  • eta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yatnā -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ani -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • vyarthī -
  • vyarthī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vyarthī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • kṛtāni -
  • kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “tadatra kiṃ tvayā patnyā pāpiṣṭhayā vrajādhunā || 140 |
  • 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]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • patnyā -
  • patnī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pāpiṣṭhayā -
  • pāpiṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • vrajā -
  • vraja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vraja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vraj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adhunā* -
  • Cannot analyse 140
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