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)

तदा तत्र मुनीन्द्रस्य काश्यपस्य जगद्गुरोः ।
शासने शरणं गत्वा प्रव्रजिताचरद्व्रतं ॥ १५७ ॥ {५८}

tadā tatra munīndrasya kāśyapasya jagadguroḥ |
śāsane śaraṇaṃ gatvā pravrajitācaradvrataṃ || 157 || {58}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.157 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 (17.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tatra, Munindra, Kashyapa, Jagadguru, Shasana, Sharana, Pravrajita, Acarat, Vrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.157). 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: “tadā tatra munīndrasya kāśyapasya jagadguroḥ
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • munīndrasya -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • kāśyapasya -
  • kāśyapa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kāśyapa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jagadguroḥ -
  • jagadguru (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “śāsane śaraṇaṃ gatvā pravrajitācaradvrataṃ || 157 |
  • śāsane -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gatvā -
  • gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
  • pravrajitā -
  • pravrajita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acarad -
  • acarat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    acarat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 157
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