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)

तथात्राहं परिज्ञाय संबुद्धशरणं गता ।
सद्धर्मसाधनं कर्त्तुमिछामि सांप्रतं प्रभो ॥ ९१ ॥ {९०}

tathātrāhaṃ parijñāya saṃbuddhaśaraṇaṃ gatā |
saddharmasādhanaṃ karttumichāmi sāṃprataṃ prabho || 91 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.91 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 (17.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Raha, Parijnaya, Parijna, Sambuddha, Sharana, Gat, Gata, Saddharma, Sadhana, Sampratam, Samprata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.91). 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: “tathātrāhaṃ parijñāya saṃbuddhaśaraṇaṃ gatā
  • tathāt -
  • tatha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • rāham -
  • rāha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rāha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • parijñāya -
  • parijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    parijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • sambuddha -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gatā -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saddharmasādhanaṃ karttumichāmi sāṃprataṃ prabho || 91 |
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādhanam -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse karttumichāmi*sā
  • sāmpratam -
  • sāmpratam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāmprata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmprata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmpratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prabho* -
  • Cannot analyse 91
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