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)

एवं दृष्ट्वा ह ताताहं संसारसुखनिःस्पृहः ।
प्रव्रज्याव्रतमाधाय प्राप्तुमिछामि सद्गतिं ॥ ६६ ॥ {६६}

evaṃ dṛṣṭvā ha tātāhaṃ saṃsārasukhaniḥspṛhaḥ |
pravrajyāvratamādhāya prāptumichāmi sadgatiṃ || 66 || {66}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.66 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 (11.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Han, Tata, Aha, Asmad, Samsarasukha, Nihspriha, Pravrajya, Avrata, Adhaya, Sadgati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.66). 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: “evaṃ dṛṣṭvā ha tātāhaṃ saṃsārasukhaniḥspṛhaḥ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • ha -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tātā -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃsārasukha -
  • saṃsārasukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niḥspṛhaḥ -
  • niḥspṛha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pravrajyāvratamādhāya prāptumichāmi sadgatiṃ || 66 |
  • pravrajyā -
  • pravrajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • avratam -
  • avrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    avrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    avratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ādhāya -
  • ādhāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse prāptumichāmi*sa
  • sadgatim -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 66
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