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)

कर्म तु सिद्ध्यते सम्यक्कुलवृत्तिं च चारिणां ।
कुलवृत्तिं परित्यज्य यो ऽन्यवृत्तौ चरेत्कुधीः ॥ ७३ ॥ {७३}

karma tu siddhyate samyakkulavṛttiṃ ca cāriṇāṃ |
kulavṛttiṃ parityajya yo 'nyavṛttau caretkudhīḥ || 73 || {73}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.73 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 (12.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karman, Siddhi, Siddhya, Samyak, Kula, Vritti, Carin, Parityajya, Yah, Ani, Anya, Avritta, Avritti, Kudhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.73). 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: “karma tu siddhyate samyakkulavṛttiṃ ca cāriṇāṃ
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • siddhya -
  • siddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    siddhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    siddhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    siddhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    siddhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    siddhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ate -
  • samyak -
  • samyak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kula -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛttim -
  • vṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāriṇām -
  • cārin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    cārin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “kulavṛttiṃ parityajya yo 'nyavṛttau caretkudhīḥ || 73 |
  • kula -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vṛttim -
  • vṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • parityajya -
  • parityajya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anya -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    an -> anya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √an]
  • avṛttau -
  • avṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    avṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    avṛtti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kudhīḥ -
  • kudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse 73
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