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)

हा पुत्र त्वं कुमारो ऽसि तत्प्रव्रज्यां चरेः कथं ।
प्रव्रजितो गृहं त्यक्त्वा बहिर्देशे सदाश्रयेः ॥ ७४ ॥ {७४}

hā putra tvaṃ kumāro 'si tatpravrajyāṃ careḥ kathaṃ |
pravrajito gṛhaṃ tyaktvā bahirdeśe sadāśrayeḥ || 74 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.74 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 (24.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Han, Putra, Tva, Yushmad, Kumara, Asi, Tat, Tad, Pravrajya, Cari, Katham, Katha, Pravrajita, Grih, Bahirdesha, Sada, Sad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.74). 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: “ putra tvaṃ kumāro 'si tatpravrajyāṃ careḥ kathaṃ
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • putra -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • kumāro' -
  • kumāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pravrajyām -
  • pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • careḥ -
  • cari (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “pravrajito gṛhaṃ tyaktvā bahirdeśe sadāśrayeḥ || 74 |
  • pravrajito* -
  • pravrajita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • gṛham -
  • gṛha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tyaktvā -
  • tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tyaj]
  • bahirdeśe -
  • bahirdeśa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrayeḥ -
  • śri (verb class 1)
    [optative active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 74
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