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)

मया हि तारितो नंदो महारागनदीकृतः पुरा ।
द्वेषाब्धिपतितो दुष्टो ऽङ्गुलिमालो ऽपि तारितः ॥ २४ ॥ {२४}

mayā hi tārito naṃdo mahārāganadīkṛtaḥ purā |
dveṣābdhipatito duṣṭo 'ṅgulimālo 'pi tāritaḥ || 24 || {24}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.24 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 (21.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Maya, Taritri, Tarita, Nanda, Maharaga, Nadi, Nadin, Krit, Krita, Pura, Pur, Dvesha, Patita, Dushta, Angulimala, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.24). 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: “mayā hi tārito naṃdo mahārāganadīkṛtaḥ purā
  • mayā* -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tārito* -
  • tāritṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    tārita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tṝ -> tārita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tṝ]
  • nando* -
  • nanda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahārāga -
  • mahārāga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahārāga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nadī -
  • nadī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    nadi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nadi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nadin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtaḥ -
  • kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • purā -
  • purā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dveṣābdhipatito duṣṭo 'ṅgulimālo 'pi tāritaḥ || 24 |
  • dveṣā -
  • dveṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abdhi -
  • abdhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • patito* -
  • patita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pat -> patita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pat class 1 verb]
  • duṣṭo' -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgulimālo' -
  • aṅgulimāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tāritaḥ -
  • tāritṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    tārita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tṝ -> tārita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tṝ]
  • Cannot analyse 24
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