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)

अधीत्य सकला विद्या ब्रह्मचर्यं समाश्रितं ।
तेनायं शासनेनात्र प्रव्रज्यार्हं भवत्यपि ॥ १७० ॥ {६९}

adhītya sakalā vidyā brahmacaryaṃ samāśritaṃ |
tenāyaṃ śāsanenātra pravrajyārhaṃ bhavatyapi || 170 || {69}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.170 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 (11.170). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adhitya, Sakala, Vidya, Brahmacarya, Samashrita, Tad, Tena, Aya, Idam, Shasana, Atra, Pravrajya, Arha, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.170). 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: “adhītya sakalā vidyā brahmacaryaṃ samāśritaṃ
  • adhītya -
  • adhītya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sakalā* -
  • sakala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sakalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vidyā* -
  • vidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active second single]
  • brahmacaryam -
  • brahmacarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samāśritam -
  • samāśrita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samāśrita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samāśritā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tenāyaṃ śāsanenātra pravrajyārhaṃ bhavatyapi || 170 |
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śāsanenā -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pravrajyā -
  • pravrajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arham -
  • arha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhavatya -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse 170
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