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)

धिग्जन्म मानुषे तेषां केवलं पापसाधनं ।
ये क्लेशमानदर्प्यान्धा न पश्यंति मुनीश्वरं ॥ २५ ॥ {२५}

dhigjanma mānuṣe teṣāṃ kevalaṃ pāpasādhanaṃ |
ye kleśamānadarpyāndhā na paśyaṃti munīśvaraṃ || 25 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.25 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 (28.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhik, Janma, Janman, Manusha, Tad, Kevalam, Kevala, Papa, Sadhana, Yah, Yat, Kleshamana, Darpya, Dha, Pashyanti, Pashyat, Munishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.25). 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: “dhigjanma mānuṣe teṣāṃ kevalaṃ pāpasādhanaṃ
  • dhig -
  • dhik (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • janma -
  • janma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    janma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    janman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • mānuṣe -
  • mānuṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mānuṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • kevalam -
  • kevalam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kevala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kevalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pāpa -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādhanam -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ye kleśamānadarpyāndhā na paśyaṃti munīśvaraṃ || 25 |
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kleśamāna -
  • kleś -> kleśamāna (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √kleś class 1 verb]
    kleś -> kleśamāna (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √kleś class 1 verb]
  • darpyān -
  • dṛp -> darpya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √dṛp]
  • dhā* -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paśyanti -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • munīśvaram -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 25
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