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)

इदं कायं च वीणावदिन्द्रियाणि स्वरानी च ।
मूर्छना इव चित्तानि ज्ञात्वा बोधौ समाचर ॥ ६३ ॥ {६३}

idaṃ kāyaṃ ca vīṇāvadindriyāṇi svarānī ca |
mūrchanā iva cittāni jñātvā bodhau samācara || 63 || {63}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.63 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 (14.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Kaya, Vinavat, Indriya, Indriyani, Svara, Murchana, Iva, Citta, Bodha, Bodhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.63). 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: “idaṃ kāyaṃ ca vīṇāvadindriyāṇi svarānī ca
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kāyam -
  • kāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vīṇāvad -
  • vīṇāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    vīṇāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • indriyāṇi -
  • indriyāṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    indriyāṇi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    indriyāṇi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    indriya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • svarān -
  • svara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “mūrchanā iva cittāni jñātvā bodhau samācara || 63 |
  • mūrchanā* -
  • mūrchana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mūrchanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cittāni -
  • citta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jñātvā -
  • jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
    jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
  • bodhau -
  • bodha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • samācara* -
  • Cannot analyse 63
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