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)

इति भद्रे न मे वांछा बौद्धदेव्या व्रते ऽशुभे ।
वरं प्राणपरित्यागं नान्यद्व्रतं चरेमहि ॥ १६३ ॥ {६३}

iti bhadre na me vāṃchā bauddhadevyā vrate 'śubhe |
varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaṃ nānyadvrataṃ caremahi || 163 || {63}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.163 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 (37.163). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Bhadra, Asmad, Vancha, Bauddha, Devi, Devya, Vrata, Ashubha, Varam, Vara, Pranaparityaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.163). 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: “iti bhadre na me vāṃchā bauddhadevyā vrate 'śubhe
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhadre -
  • bhadra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhadra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vāñchā* -
  • vāñchā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bauddha -
  • bauddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bauddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • devyā* -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √dīv], [vocative plural from √dīv], [accusative plural from √dīv]
  • vrate' -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • aśubhe -
  • aśubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aśubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aśubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • Line 2: “varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaṃ nānyadvrataṃ caremahi || 163 |
  • varam -
  • varam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    varā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prāṇaparityāgam -
  • prāṇaparityāga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • nānya -
  • na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ad -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • carema -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active first plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse 163
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