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)

तथाहं वा तमेवात्र संबुद्धं शरणं व्रजन् ।
संस्मृत्वा भजनं कुर्वन् व्रजेय मरणं ध्रुवं ॥ १५७ ॥ {१५७}

tathāhaṃ vā tamevātra saṃbuddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajan |
saṃsmṛtvā bhajanaṃ kurvan vrajeya maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 157 || {157}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.157 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 (13.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Aha, Asmad, Tama, Tami, Sambuddha, Sharana, Vrajat, Smritva, Bhajana, Kurvat, Vraja, Marana, Dhruvam, Dhruva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.157). 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: “tathāhaṃ tamevātra saṃbuddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajan
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tame -
  • tama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    tama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tami (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • vātra -
  • sambuddham -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sambuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vrajan -
  • vraj -> vrajat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vraj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vraj class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “saṃsmṛtvā bhajanaṃ kurvan vrajeya maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 157 |
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • smṛtvā* -
  • smṛtvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhajanam -
  • bhajana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhajana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhajanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kurvan -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • vraje -
  • vraja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vraja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vraj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • maraṇam -
  • maraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dhruvam -
  • dhruvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhruva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhruva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhruvā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 157
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