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)

भवन्तो मुच्यतामेष मापराधे ऽपि हन्यतां ।
क्षमा हि परमं धर्मं तत्कुर्वन्तु क्षमामिह ॥ १५३ ॥ {५२}

bhavanto mucyatāmeṣa māparādhe 'pi hanyatāṃ |
kṣamā hi paramaṃ dharmaṃ tatkurvantu kṣamāmiha || 153 || {52}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.153 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 (19.153). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhavanta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Esha, Mapa, Radha, Radhi, Api, Kshama, Paramam, Parama, Dharma, Tat, Tad, Ksham, Iha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.153). 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: “bhavanto mucyatāmeṣa māparādhe 'pi hanyatāṃ
  • bhavanto* -
  • bhavanta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
  • mucyatām -
  • muc (verb class 6)
    [imperative passive third single]
    muc (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
    muñc (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • māpa -
  • māpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rādhe' -
  • rādha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    rādha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    rādhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    rādhi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • hanyatām -
  • han (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
    han (verb class 2)
    [imperative passive third single]
  • Line 2: “kṣamā hi paramaṃ dharmaṃ tatkurvantu kṣamāmiha || 153 |
  • kṣamā* -
  • kṣama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • paramam -
  • paramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    parama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    parama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    paramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kurvantu -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • kṣamām -
  • kṣam (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    kṣamā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse 153
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