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)

सर्वतीर्थजलाधारे मृताः स्वर्गं व्रजेमहि ।
यदि भाग्याच्च नो यात्रा सिद्धा स्वस्तिमती भवेत् ।
तदा जीवं सुखं दानं कृत्वा स्वर्गं व्रजेमहि ।
तद्विषादं परित्यज्य यशोधर्म्मसुखाप्तये ॥ १७८ ॥ {७६}

sarvatīrthajalādhāre mṛtāḥ svargaṃ vrajemahi |
yadi bhāgyācca no yātrā siddhā svastimatī bhavet |
tadā jīvaṃ sukhaṃ dānaṃ kṛtvā svargaṃ vrajemahi |
tadviṣādaṃ parityajya yaśodharmmasukhāptaye || 178 || {76}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.178 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 (12.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvatirtha, Jaladhara, Mrita, Svarga, Yadi, Yad, Bhagya, Asmad, Yatra, Yatri, Siddha, Svastimat, Svastimati, Tada, Jiva, Sukham, Sukha, Dana, Kritva, Kritvan, Tad, Tat, Vishad, Vishada, Parityajya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.178). 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: “sarvatīrthajalādhāre mṛtāḥ svargaṃ vrajemahi
  • sarvatīrtha -
  • sarvatīrtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jalādhāre -
  • jalādhāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • mṛtāḥ -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • svargam -
  • svarga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svarga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svargā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vrajema -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active first plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “yadi bhāgyācca no yātrā siddhā svastimatī bhavet
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • bhāgyāc -
  • bhāgya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    bhāgya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • no* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • yātrā -
  • yātrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • siddhā -
  • siddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sidh class 4 verb]
    sidh -> siddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √sidh class 1 verb]
  • svastimatī -
  • svastimatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    svastimat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 3: “tadā jīvaṃ sukhaṃ dānaṃ kṛtvā svargaṃ vrajemahi
  • tadā* -
  • tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • jīvam -
  • jīva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīv -> jīvam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jīv]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    jīvan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svargam -
  • svarga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svarga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svargā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vrajema -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active first plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 4: “tadviṣādaṃ parityajya yaśodharmmasukhāptaye || 178 |
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • viṣādam -
  • viṣāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    viṣādā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    viṣād (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • parityajya -
  • parityajya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse yaśodharmmasukhāptaye*17
  • Cannot analyse 178
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