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)

एतानि दशपापानां मूलानि दुःखदानि हि ।
तस्मादेवं परिज्ञाय त्यक्तव्यानि सुखार्थिभिः ॥ १५४ ॥ {५३}

etāni daśapāpānāṃ mūlāni duḥkhadāni hi |
tasmādevaṃ parijñāya tyaktavyāni sukhārthibhiḥ || 154 || {53}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.154 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 (11.154). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Etad, Dashapa, Apa, Apana, Mula, Duhkha, Danin, Dani, Tasmat, Tad, Evam, Eva, Parijnaya, Parijna, Tyaktavya, Sukharthin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.154). 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: “etāni daśapāpānāṃ mūlāni duḥkhadāni hi
  • etāni -
  • eta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • daśapā -
  • daśapa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āpānām -
  • āpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    āpa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    āpā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    āpānā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mūlāni -
  • mūla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mūl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • duḥkha -
  • duḥkha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dāni -
  • dānin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dānin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dānī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dānī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    dānī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active first single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “tasmādevaṃ parijñāya tyaktavyāni sukhārthibhiḥ || 154 |
  • tasmād -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • 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]
  • parijñāya -
  • parijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    parijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tyaktavyāni -
  • tyaktavya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tyaj -> tyaktavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √tyaj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √tyaj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √tyaj class 1 verb]
  • sukhārthibhiḥ -
  • sukhārthin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sukhārthin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 154
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