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)

विपत्तौ हीयते धैर्यमधैर्यात्क्लेशितो भवेत् ।
क्लेशितो दोषमाप्नोति तदा पुण्ये मतिः कुतः ॥ ७४ ॥ {७४}

vipattau hīyate dhairyamadhairyātkleśito bhavet |
kleśito doṣamāpnoti tadā puṇye matiḥ kutaḥ || 74 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.74 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 (7.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vipatti, Dhairya, Adhairya, Kleshita, Dosha, Tada, Punya, Mati, Kutah, Kuta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.74). 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: “vipattau hīyate dhairyamadhairyātkleśito bhavet
  • vipattau -
  • vipatti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • hīyate -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
    hi (verb class 5)
    [present passive third single]
  • dhairyam -
  • dhairya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • adhairyāt -
  • adhairya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    adhairya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kleśito* -
  • kleśita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kliś -> kleśita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kliś]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “kleśito doṣamāpnoti tadā puṇye matiḥ kutaḥ || 74 |
  • kleśito* -
  • kleśita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kliś -> kleśita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kliś]
  • doṣam -
  • doṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    doṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āpnoti -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [present active third single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • puṇye -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [locative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ (verb class 6)
    [present passive first single]
  • matiḥ -
  • mati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kutaḥ -
  • kutaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kuta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 74
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