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)

प्रव्रज्या दुष्करस्थानं नारीणां तु विशेषतः ।
तत्प्रव्रज्याव्रते स्थित्वा मा पश्चात्परितप्यथाः ॥ १६० ॥ {४८}

pravrajyā duṣkarasthānaṃ nārīṇāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ |
tatpravrajyāvrate sthitvā mā paścātparitapyathāḥ || 160 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.160 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 (9.160). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravrajya, Dushkara, Tha, Nari, Visheshatah, Visheshatas, Tat, Tad, Avrata, Sthitva, Asmad, Pashcat, Pashca, Pari, Tapya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.160). 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: “pravrajyā duṣkarasthānaṃ nārīṇāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ
  • pravrajyā* -
  • pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • duṣkaras -
  • duṣkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • thān -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • nārīṇām -
  • nāri (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    nārī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • viśeṣataḥ -
  • viśeṣataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    viśeṣatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “tatpravrajyāvrate sthitvā paścātparitapyathāḥ || 160 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pravrajyā -
  • pravrajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • avrate -
  • avrata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    avrata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    avratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sthitvā -
  • sthitvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sthā -> sthitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sthā]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • paścāt -
  • paścāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paśca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    paśca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • pari -
  • pari (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    pari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    parī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tapya -
  • tapya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tapya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tap -> tapya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tap]
    tap -> tapya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tap]
    tap -> tapya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √tap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tap class 4 verb]
    tap -> tapya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √tap class 1 verb], [vocative single from √tap class 4 verb]
  • thāḥ -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 160
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