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)

शुभ्रशीलो विशुद्धात्मा सदार्यव्रतमाचरेत् ।
एतत्पुण्यानुभावेन क्षन्तिधर्मार्थसाधकः ॥ १७७ ॥ {७६}

śubhraśīlo viśuddhātmā sadāryavratamācaret |
etatpuṇyānubhāvena kṣantidharmārthasādhakaḥ || 177 || {76}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.177 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 (19.177). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shubhra, Shil, Shila, Vishuddhatman, Sada, Sad, Aryavrata, Etad, Punyanubhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.177). 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: “śubhraśīlo viśuddhātmā sadāryavratamācaret
  • śubhra -
  • śubhra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubhra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śīlo* -
  • śīl (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • viśuddhātmā -
  • viśuddhātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sad (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āryavratam -
  • āryavrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āryavrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    āryavratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “etatpuṇyānubhāvena kṣantidharmārthasādhakaḥ || 177 |
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • puṇyānubhāvena -
  • puṇyānubhāva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse kṣantidharmārthasādhakaḥ*17
  • Cannot analyse 177
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