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)

कदा चित्स्खलिता बुद्धिर्वाणी च विस्मृतस्य मे ।
एतद्धि पातकं घोरं समाचक्षत कुत्र चित् ॥ ९७ ॥ {९६}

kadā citskhalitā buddhirvāṇī ca vismṛtasya me |
etaddhi pātakaṃ ghoraṃ samācakṣata kutra cit || 97 || {96}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.97 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 (19.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kada, Cit, Skhalita, Buddhi, Vani, Vanin, Vismrita, Asmad, Etad, Pataka, Ghoram, Ghora, Sama, Kutra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.97). 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: “kadā citskhalitā buddhirvāṇī ca vismṛtasya me
  • kadā -
  • kadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kadā (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • skhalitā* -
  • skhalita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    skhalitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    skhal -> skhalita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √skhal], [vocative plural from √skhal]
    skhal -> skhalitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √skhal class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √skhal], [vocative plural from √skhal], [accusative plural from √skhal]
  • buddhir -
  • buddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vāṇī -
  • vāṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    vāṇi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāṇin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vismṛtasya -
  • vismṛta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vismṛta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “etaddhi pātakaṃ ghoraṃ samācakṣata kutra cit || 97 |
  • etaddh -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • pātakam -
  • pātaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pātaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pātakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ghoram -
  • ghoram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ghora (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ghora (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ghorā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samā -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    samā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • acakṣata -
  • cakṣ (verb class 2)
    [imperfect middle third plural]
  • kutra -
  • kutra (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kutra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 97
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