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)

महद्दुःखाभिसंतप्तः सहिष्यामि कथं तदा ।
हा हतो ऽस्मि स्वपापेन किं पापं प्रकृतं मया ॥ १८ ॥ {१८}

mahadduḥkhābhisaṃtaptaḥ sahiṣyāmi kathaṃ tadā |
hā hato 'smi svapāpena kiṃ pāpaṃ prakṛtaṃ mayā || 18 || {18}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.18 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 (6.18). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahat, Duhkha, Abhisantapta, Katham, Katha, Tada, Hata, Hatu, Svapapa, Kim, Papam, Papa, Prakrita, Prakrit,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.18). 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: “mahadduḥkhābhisaṃtaptaḥ sahiṣyāmi kathaṃ tadā
  • mahad -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • duḥkhā -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhisantaptaḥ -
  • abhisantapta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sahiṣyāmi -
  • sah (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
    sah (verb class 4)
    [future active first single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ hato 'smi svapāpena kiṃ pāpaṃ prakṛtaṃ mayā || 18 |
  • hā* -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hato' -
  • hata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    hatu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    han -> hata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √han class 1 verb], [nominative single from √han class 2 verb]
    han (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • asmi -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [present active first single]
  • svapāpena -
  • svapāpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    svapāpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pāpam -
  • pāpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prakṛtam -
  • prakṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prakṛt (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mayā* -
  • Cannot analyse 18
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