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)

स्नातावदानं तदिदं निशम्य ये श्रावयन्ति प्रतिबोध्य लोकान् ।
ते पापनिर्मुक्तविशुद्धदेहाः प्रयान्ति नूनं सुगतालयेषु ॥ २३३ ॥ {२५}

snātāvadānaṃ tadidaṃ niśamya ye śrāvayanti pratibodhya lokān |
te pāpanirmuktaviśuddhadehāḥ prayānti nūnaṃ sugatālayeṣu || 233 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.233 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 (2.233). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Snata, Adana, Tad, Tat, Idam, Nisham, Nisha, Yah, Yat, Shravayat, Shravayanti, Loka, Yushmad, Papa, Nirmukta, Vishuddhadeha, Pra, Praya, Anti, Nunam, Sugatalaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.233). 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: “snātāvadānaṃ tadidaṃ niśamya ye śrāvayanti pratibodhya lokān
  • snātāva -
  • snāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    snā -> snāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √snā class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √snā class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √snā class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √snā class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √snā class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √snā class 4 verb]
  • adānam -
  • adāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dān (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • niśam -
  • niśam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    niśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    niśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ya -
  • 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]
  • śrāvayanti -
  • śru -> śrāvayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √śru]
    śru -> śrāvayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √śru], [vocative plural from √śru], [accusative plural from √śru]
    śru -> śrāvayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √śru]
    śru (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • pratibodhya -
  • lokān -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “te pāpanirmuktaviśuddhadehāḥ prayānti nūnaṃ sugatālayeṣu || 233 |
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • pāpa -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirmukta -
  • nirmukta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirmukta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viśuddhadehāḥ -
  • viśuddhadeha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • prayā -
  • prā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    prayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anti -
  • anti (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    antī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • nūnam -
  • nūnam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sugatālayeṣu -
  • sugatālaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 233
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