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)

ततः कामविरक्तः स संसारभोगनिस्पृहः ।
निर्वृतिपदसंप्रात्यै प्रव्रजितुं समैछत ॥ १४३ ॥ {४३}

tataḥ kāmaviraktaḥ sa saṃsārabhoganispṛhaḥ |
nirvṛtipadasaṃprātyai pravrajituṃ samaichata || 143 || {43}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.143 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 (24.143). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Kama, Virakta, Samsara, Bhoga, Nisprih, Pada, Prati, Pra, Chad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.143). 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: “tataḥ kāmaviraktaḥ sa saṃsārabhoganispṛhaḥ
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • kāma -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kāma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viraktaḥ -
  • virakta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃsāra -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhoga -
  • bhoga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhoga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nispṛhaḥ -
  • nispṛh (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nispṛh (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “nirvṛtipadasaṃprātyai pravrajituṃ samaichata || 143 |
  • nirvṛti -
  • nirvṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nirvṛti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pada -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • prātyai -
  • prāti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    prā -> prātī (participle, feminine)
    [dative single from √prā class 2 verb]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vrajitum -
  • vraj -> vrajitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √vraj]
  • samai -
  • sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • chat -
  • chad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    chad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • a* -
  • Cannot analyse 143
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