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)

स किं शास्ता सुधीर्विज्ञो धर्मराजो मुनीश्वरः ।
सद्भिर्न पूजनीयो ऽसौ निंदनीयो हि दुर्गतिः ॥ १३६ ॥ {३३}

sa kiṃ śāstā sudhīrvijño dharmarājo munīśvaraḥ |
sadbhirna pūjanīyo 'sau niṃdanīyo hi durgatiḥ || 136 || {33}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.136 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 (27.136). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kim, Shastri, Shasta, Sudhi, Vijna, Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Munishvara, Sat, Sad, Pujaniya, Asi, Asu, Adah, Nindaniya, Durgati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.136). 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: “sa kiṃ śāstā sudhīrvijño dharmarājo munīśvaraḥ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śāstā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • sudhīr -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • vijño* -
  • vijña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmarājo* -
  • dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dharmarāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sadbhirna pūjanīyo 'sau niṃdanīyo hi durgatiḥ || 136 |
  • sadbhir -
  • sat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūjanīyo' -
  • pūjanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pūj -> pūjanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pūj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • 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]
  • nindanīyo* -
  • nindanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nind -> nindanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √nind class 1 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • durgatiḥ -
  • durgati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    durgati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 136
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