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)

निर्दोषः क्लेशमाश्नाति तम्भते गुप्तपातकः ।
जानाति कस्य कः शुद्धिं चित्राकारेष्वसाक्षिषु ॥ ७५ ॥ {७४}

nirdoṣaḥ kleśamāśnāti tambhate guptapātakaḥ |
jānāti kasya kaḥ śuddhiṃ citrākāreṣvasākṣiṣu || 75 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.75 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 (19.75). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirdosha, Klesha, Ashan, Ashna, Ati, Bha, Tad, Yushmad, Gupta, Pataka, Kah, Kim, Shuddhi, Citra, Akara, Asakshin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.75). 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: “nirdoṣaḥ kleśamāśnāti tambhate guptapātakaḥ
  • nirdoṣaḥ -
  • nirdoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kleśam -
  • kleśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśnā -
  • aśna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    aśnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ati -
  • ati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ati (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bha -
  • bha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • gupta -
  • gupta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gupta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gup -> gupta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √gup class 4 verb]
    gup -> gupta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √gup class 4 verb]
  • pātakaḥ -
  • pātaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “jānāti kasya kaḥ śuddhiṃ citrākāreṣvasākṣiṣu || 75 |
  • jānāti -
  • jñā (verb class 9)
    [present active third single]
  • kasya -
  • kas -> kasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kas]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śuddhim -
  • śuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • citrā -
  • citra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akāreṣva -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • asākṣiṣu -
  • asākṣin (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    asākṣin (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 75
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