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)

दशाकुशलकर्माणि त्यक्त्वा संवृतिमाचर ।
सर्वोपकरणं दानं दातव्यं स्वर्गवांछिना ॥ ६९ ॥ {६९}

daśākuśalakarmāṇi tyaktvā saṃvṛtimācara |
sarvopakaraṇaṃ dānaṃ dātavyaṃ svargavāṃchinā || 69 || {69}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.69 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 (8.69). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dashakushala, Karman, Samvriti, Acara, Saru, Sarva, Upakarana, Dana, Datavya, Svargavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.69). 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: “daśākuśalakarmāṇi tyaktvā saṃvṛtimācara
  • daśākuśala -
  • daśākuśala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daśākuśala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karmāṇi -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tyaktvā -
  • tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tyaj]
  • saṃvṛtim -
  • saṃvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ācara -
  • ācara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ācara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvopakaraṇaṃ dānaṃ dātavyaṃ svargavāṃchinā || 69 |
  • sarvo -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upakaraṇam -
  • upakaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dātavyam -
  • dātavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dātavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dātavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • svargavāñch -
  • svargavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śinā* -
  • Cannot analyse 69
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