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)

इमे ऽपि महिषीपालाः काश्यपपुण्यपाकातः ।
प्रव्रज्यार्हत्वमासाद्य भवन्ति ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥ १९८ ॥ {८७}

ime 'pi mahiṣīpālāḥ kāśyapapuṇyapākātaḥ |
pravrajyārhatvamāsādya bhavanti brahmacāriṇaḥ || 198 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.198 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 (20.198). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iyam, Idam, Api, Mahishipala, Kashyapa, Punya, Paka, Pravrajya, Amasa, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.198). 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: “ime 'pi mahiṣīpālāḥ kāśyapapuṇyapākātaḥ
  • ime' -
  • iyam (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mahiṣīpālāḥ -
  • mahiṣīpāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kāśyapa -
  • kāśyapa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāśyapa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṇya -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṇ -> puṇya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √puṇ]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • pākāt -
  • pāka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pāka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “pravrajyārhatvamāsādya bhavanti brahmacāriṇaḥ || 198 |
  • pravrajyā -
  • pravrajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arhatva -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third single]
  • amāsād -
  • amāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    amāsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ya -
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • brahmacāriṇaḥ -
  • brahmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 198
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