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)

तस्माद्धर्मं पुरस्कृत्य कर्त्तव्यं द्रव्यसाधनं ।
द्रव्येन साधयेत्कर्म सद्गतिं समवाप्नुयाः ॥ ७२ ॥ {७२}

tasmāddharmaṃ puraskṛtya karttavyaṃ dravyasādhanaṃ |
dravyena sādhayetkarma sadgatiṃ samavāpnuyāḥ || 72 || {72}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.72 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 (12.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tasmat, Tad, Puraskritya, Karttavya, Dravi, Dravya, Asadhana, Karman, Sadgati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.72). 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: “tasmāddharmaṃ puraskṛtya karttavyaṃ dravyasādhanaṃ
  • tasmāddh -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • harmam -
  • harman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • puraskṛtya -
  • puraskṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • karttavyam -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karttavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karttavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • dravya -
  • dravi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dravya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dravī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dravī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • asādhanam -
  • asādhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asādhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “dravyena sādhayetkarma sadgatiṃ samavāpnuyāḥ || 72 |
  • dravye -
  • dravi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [dative single]
    dravī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dravī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dravya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ena -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sādhayet -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sadgatim -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samavā -
  • samava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāḥ -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 72
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