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)

तद्दानपुण्यपाकेन स दाता सद्गतिं व्रजेत् ।
सद्गतिस्थः सुखेनैवं सुशीलः संवरं चरेत् ॥ १४७ ॥ {४७}

taddānapuṇyapākena sa dātā sadgatiṃ vrajet |
sadgatisthaḥ sukhenaivaṃ suśīlaḥ saṃvaraṃ caret || 147 || {47}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.147 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 (35.147). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Danapunya, Paka, Datri, Data, Sadgati, Tha, Sukha, Evam, Eva, Sushila, Samvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.147). 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: “taddānapuṇyapākena sa dātā sadgatiṃ vrajet
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dānapuṇya -
  • dānapuṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dānapuṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pākena -
  • pāka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    pāka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dātā -
  • dātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • sadgatim -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vrajet -
  • vraj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “sadgatisthaḥ sukhenaivaṃ suśīlaḥ saṃvaraṃ caret || 147 |
  • sadgatis -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • thaḥ -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sukhenai -
  • sukha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • suśīlaḥ -
  • suśīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃvaram -
  • saṃvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃvara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃvarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 147
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