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)

एवं विज्ञाय लोकानां हितं कर्तुं समुद्यतः ।
सद्धर्मसाधनेष्वेव चरितव्यं समाहितः ॥ २०८ ॥ {९६}

evaṃ vijñāya lokānāṃ hitaṃ kartuṃ samudyataḥ |
saddharmasādhaneṣveva caritavyaṃ samāhitaḥ || 208 || {96}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.208 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 (16.208). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Vijna, Vijnaya, Loka, Hita, Kartu, Samudyata, Saddharma, Sadhana, Caritavya, Samahita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.208). 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: “evaṃ vijñāya lokānāṃ hitaṃ kartuṃ samudyataḥ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vijñāya -
  • vijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • lokānām -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • hitam -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • kartum -
  • kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛ]
    kartu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kartu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samudyataḥ -
  • samudyata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saddharmasādhaneṣveva caritavyaṃ samāhitaḥ || 208 |
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādhaneṣve -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • caritavyam -
  • caritavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    caritavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caritavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 208
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