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)

यदवृष्टिः प्रवृत्तात्र तदस्मत्पापतः खलु ।
तत्पापपरिहाणाय सद्धर्मं देष्टुमर्हसि ॥ १५४ ॥ {२६}

yadavṛṣṭiḥ pravṛttātra tadasmatpāpataḥ khalu |
tatpāpaparihāṇāya saddharmaṃ deṣṭumarhasi || 154 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.154 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 (2.154). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadu, Rishti, Pravritta, Tada, Smat, Papa, Tas, Khalu, Tat, Tad, Parihana, Saddharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.154). 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: “yadavṛṣṭiḥ pravṛttātra tadasmatpāpataḥ khalu
  • yadavṛ -
  • yadu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • ṛṣṭiḥ -
  • ṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pravṛttāt -
  • pravṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pravṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smat -
  • smat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    smat (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • pāpa -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “tatpāpaparihāṇāya saddharmaṃ deṣṭumarhasi || 154 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pāpa -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parihāṇāya -
  • parihāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • deṣṭum -
  • diś -> deṣṭum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √diś]
    diś -> deṣṭum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √diś]
  • arhasi -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 154
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