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)

भदन्त तद्विजानीयाः पापकारिण्यहं यतः ।
एवं तृष्णाप्रतप्ताङ्गा भ्रमामि जललालसा ॥ १८ ॥ {१८}

bhadanta tadvijānīyāḥ pāpakāriṇyahaṃ yataḥ |
evaṃ tṛṣṇāprataptāṅgā bhramāmi jalalālasā || 18 || {18}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.18 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 (4.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhadanta, Tad, Tat, Vijani, Vija, Papakarini, Papakarin, Aha, Asmad, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Evam, Eva, Trishna, Prataptri, Pratapta, Anga, Jala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.18). 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: “bhadanta tadvijānīyāḥ pāpakāriṇyahaṃ yataḥ
  • bhadanta -
  • bhadanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vijānī -
  • vijāni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vijāni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vijāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vija (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vij (verb class 6)
    [imperative active first single]
  • iyāḥ -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    i (verb class 2)
    [optative active second single]
  • pāpakāriṇya -
  • pāpakāriṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pāpakārin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāpakārin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • yataḥ -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “evaṃ tṛṣṇāprataptāṅgā bhramāmi jalalālasā || 18 |
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tṛṣṇā -
  • tṛṣṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prataptā -
  • pratapta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratapta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prataptṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prataptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgā* -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhramāmi -
  • bhram (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • jala -
  • jala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • lālasā* -
  • Cannot analyse 18
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