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)

यावज्जीवं सुखं भुक्त्वा दानं कृत्वा सदार्थिने ।
संवृत्या प्रार्जय द्रव्यं स्वगेहे संस्थितो रम ॥ ७३ ॥ {७१}

yāvajjīvaṃ sukhaṃ bhuktvā dānaṃ kṛtvā sadārthine |
saṃvṛtyā prārjaya dravyaṃ svagehe saṃsthito rama || 73 || {71}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.73 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 (3.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vajji, Sukham, Sukha, Bhuktva, Dana, Kritva, Kritvan, Sada, Sad, Arthin, Arthi, Samvriti, Pra, Dravya, Dravi, Svageha, Samsthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.73). 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: “yāvajjīvaṃ sukhaṃ bhuktvā dānaṃ kṛtvā sadārthine
  • -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vajjī -
  • vajji (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vajji (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhuktvā -
  • bhuktvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
    bhuj -> bhuktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhuj]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sad (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • arthine -
  • arthin (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “saṃvṛtyā prārjaya dravyaṃ svagehe saṃsthito rama || 73 |
  • saṃvṛtyā -
  • saṃvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • arjaya -
  • ṛj (verb class 0)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dravyam -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • svagehe -
  • svageha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svageha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • saṃsthito* -
  • saṃsthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rama* -
  • Cannot analyse 73
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