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)

मारचर्याविनिर्मुक्ता साक्षादर्हत्वमाययौ ।
अविद्याङ्गं विनिर्भिद्य प्राप्तविद्या शुभाशया ॥ १८६ ॥ {७४}

māracaryāvinirmuktā sākṣādarhatvamāyayau |
avidyāṅgaṃ vinirbhidya prāptavidyā śubhāśayā || 186 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.186 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 (9.186). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mara, Cari, Carya, Vinirmukta, Sakshat, Saksha, Ama, Amaya, Yah, Avidya, Anga, Nirbhi, Prapta, Vidya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.186). 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: “māracaryāvinirmuktā sākṣādarhatvamāyayau
  • māra -
  • māra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caryā -
  • carī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    caryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vinirmuktā -
  • vinirmuktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sākṣād -
  • sākṣāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sākṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sākṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • arhatva -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third single]
  • amāya -
  • amāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ama (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • yau -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “avidyāṅgaṃ vinirbhidya prāptavidyā śubhāśayā || 186 |
  • avidyā -
  • avidya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avidya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgam -
  • aṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nirbhi -
  • nirbhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    nirbhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nirbhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • dya -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prāpta -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyā -
  • vidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śubhāśayā* -
  • Cannot analyse 186
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