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)

Verse 12.189

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धर्म्मेण जीयते पापं निष्पापो निर्मलाशयः ।
शुद्धचित्तो विशुद्धात्मा पुण्यात्मा भाग्यमाप्नुयात् ॥ १८९ ॥ {८७}

dharmmeṇa jīyate pāpaṃ niṣpāpo nirmalāśayaḥ |
śuddhacitto viśuddhātmā puṇyātmā bhāgyamāpnuyāt || 189 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.189 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 (12.189). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Papam, Papa, Nishpapa, Nirmala, Ashaya, Ashi, Shuddha, Citta, Vishuddhatman, Punyatman, Bhagya, Bhagi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.189). 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: “dharmmeṇa jīyate pāpaṃ niṣpāpo nirmalāśayaḥ ”
Cannot analyse dharmmeṇa*jī
jīyate -
√jai (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√ji (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√ji (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]

√jyā (verb class 4)

[present middle third single], [present passive third single]

√jyā (verb class 9)

[present passive third single]
pāpam -
pāpam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pāpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

pāpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
niṣpāpo* -
niṣpāpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nirmalā -
nirmala (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirmala (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirmalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āśayaḥ -
āśaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āśi (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “śuddhacitto viśuddhātmā puṇyātmā bhāgyamāpnuyāt || 189 |”
śuddha -
śuddha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

śuddha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh -> śuddha (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
citto* -
citta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√cit (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
viśuddhātmā -
viśuddhātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
puṇyātmā -
puṇyātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāgyam -
bhāgya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhāgya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bhāgyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

bhāgī (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
āpnuyāt -
√āp (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
Cannot analyse 189

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021