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)

Verse 20.68

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तथा स महिषो ध्यात्वा त्रिरत्नं चाभ्यनुस्मरन् ।
देहं त्यक्त्वा विशुद्धात्मा सुरालयं समाययौ ॥ ६८ ॥ {५८}

tathā sa mahiṣo dhyātvā triratnaṃ cābhyanusmaran |
dehaṃ tyaktvā viśuddhātmā surālayaṃ samāyayau || 68 || {58}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.68 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 (20.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Mahisha, Dhyatva, Triratna, Deha, Vishuddhatman, Suralaya, Sama, Samaya, Yah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.68). 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: “tathā sa mahiṣo dhyātvā triratnaṃ cābhyanusmaran ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
mahiṣo* -
mahiṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dhyātvā -
√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhyā]

√dhyā -> dhyātvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dhyā]

dhyātvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
triratnam -
triratna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse cābhyanusmaran
Line 2: “dehaṃ tyaktvā viśuddhātmā surālayaṃ samāyayau || 68 |”
deham -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tyaktvā -
√tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tyaj]
viśuddhātmā -
viśuddhātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
surālayam -
surālaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
samāya -
samāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
yau -
yu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
Cannot analyse 68

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021