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)

दुर्गतिभ्यः समुद्धृत्य स्वर्गे मोक्षं च सांप्रतं ।
स्थापितो ऽहं प्रयत्नेन विशेषसंप्रबोधने ॥ ४१ ॥ {४१}

durgatibhyaḥ samuddhṛtya svarge mokṣaṃ ca sāṃprataṃ |
sthāpito 'haṃ prayatnena viśeṣasaṃprabodhane || 41 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.41 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 (17.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Durgati, Samuddhritya, Svarga, Moksha, Sampratam, Samprata, Sthapita, Aha, Asmad, Prayatna, Vishesha, Prabodhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.41). 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: “durgatibhyaḥ samuddhṛtya svarge mokṣaṃ ca sāṃprataṃ
  • durgatibhyaḥ -
  • durgati (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    durgati (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    durgati (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    durgatī (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • samuddhṛtya -
  • samuddhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samuddhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svarge -
  • svarga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svarga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svargā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mokṣam -
  • mokṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mokṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sāmpratam -
  • sāmpratam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāmprata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmprata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmpratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sthāpito 'haṃ prayatnena viśeṣasaṃprabodhane || 41 |
  • sthāpito' -
  • sthāpita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthāpita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • prayatnena -
  • prayatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • viśeṣa -
  • viśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    viśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prabodhane -
  • prabodhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prabodhana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prabodhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 41
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