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)

दानेन शुद्ध्यते चित्तं सुचित्तः सुमतिं लभेत् ।
सुबुद्धिः सद्गुणारक्तः संवृत्तिशीलभृत्कृती ॥ ३५ ॥ {३५}

dānena śuddhyate cittaṃ sucittaḥ sumatiṃ labhet |
subuddhiḥ sadguṇāraktaḥ saṃvṛttiśīlabhṛtkṛtī || 35 || {35}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.35 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 (15.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dana, Shuddhi, Citta, Sucitta, Sumati, Subuddhi, Sadguna, Arakta, Shila, Bhrit, Krit, Kriti, Kritin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.35). 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: “dānena śuddhyate cittaṃ sucittaḥ sumatiṃ labhet
  • dānena -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • śuddhya -
  • śuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ate -
  • cittam -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • sucittaḥ -
  • sucitta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sumatim -
  • sumati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    sumati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • labhet -
  • labh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “subuddhiḥ sadguṇāraktaḥ saṃvṛttiśīlabhṛtkṛtī || 35 |
  • subuddhiḥ -
  • subuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    subuddhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sadguṇā -
  • sadguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sadguṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sadguṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • araktaḥ -
  • arakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃvṛtti -
  • saṃvṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śīla -
  • śīla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śīla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śīl (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhṛt -
  • bhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kṛtī -
  • kṛtī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    kṛtī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛtin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 35
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