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)

तस्माल् लोकेश्वरं स्मृत्वा गत्वा च शरणं सदा ।
त्रिमण्डलविशुद्धेन चरितव्यं व्रतोत्तमं ॥ १५७ ॥ {३७}

tasmāl lokeśvaraṃ smṛtvā gatvā ca śaraṇaṃ sadā |
trimaṇḍalaviśuddhena caritavyaṃ vratottamaṃ || 157 || {37}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.157 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 (4.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tasmat, Tad, Lokeshvara, Smritva, Sharana, Sada, Sad, Tri, Anda, Lavi, Shuddha, Caritavya, Vratottama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.157). 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: “tasmāl lokeśvaraṃ smṛtvā gatvā ca śaraṇaṃ sadā
  • tasmāl -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • lokeśvaram -
  • lokeśvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • smṛtvā* -
  • smṛtvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • gatvā -
  • gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “trimaṇḍalaviśuddhena caritavyaṃ vratottamaṃ || 157 |
  • trim -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • aṇḍa -
  • aṇḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lavi -
  • lavi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lavi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    lavi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lo (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śuddhena -
  • śuddha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śuddha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √śudh class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √śudh class 4 verb]
    śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √śudh class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • caritavyam -
  • caritavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caritavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caritavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vratottamam -
  • vratottama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vratottama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 157
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