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)

शुद्धशीलाः शुभाचारा दयाकारुण्यभाविनः ।
सर्वसत्त्वहिताधानाः संसारलाभनिस्पृहाः ॥ ६४ ॥ {६३}

śuddhaśīlāḥ śubhācārā dayākāruṇyabhāvinaḥ |
sarvasattvahitādhānāḥ saṃsāralābhanispṛhāḥ || 64 || {63}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.64 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 (17.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuddhashila, Shubhacara, Daya, Akarunya, Bhavin, Bhavina, Bhavi, Sarvasattva, Hita, Adhana, Samsara, Labha, Nispriha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.64). 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: “śuddhaśīlāḥ śubhācārā dayākāruṇyabhāvinaḥ
  • śuddhaśīlāḥ -
  • śuddhaśīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śuddhaśīlā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • śubhācārā* -
  • śubhācāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śubhācārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dayā -
  • daya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • akāruṇya -
  • akāruṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akāruṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāvinaḥ -
  • bhāvin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhāvin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhāvina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhāvī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “sarvasattvahitādhānāḥ saṃsāralābhanispṛhāḥ || 64 |
  • sarvasattva -
  • sarvasattva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvasattva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • ādhānā -
  • ādhāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • saṃsāra -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lābha -
  • lābha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nispṛhāḥ -
  • nispṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 64
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