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)

एवमहं महल्लज्जादुःखाग्निपतितापिता ।
मर्त्तुमपि तदिच्छामि किमेवं जीवितेनपि ॥ २५४ ॥ {४}

evamahaṃ mahallajjāduḥkhāgnipatitāpitā |
marttumapi tadicchāmi kimevaṃ jīvitenapi || 254 || {4}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.254 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 (37.254). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Aha, Asmad, Mahat, Lajja, Kha, Patita, Apitri, Apit, Apita, Tad, Tat, Kimi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.254). 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: “evamahaṃ mahallajjāduḥkhāgnipatitāpitā
  • 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]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • mahal -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lajjād -
  • lajja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • uḥ -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • khā -
  • kha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agni -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • patitā -
  • patita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    patita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    patitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pat -> patita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • apitā -
  • apitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    apit (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    apit (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    apitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “marttumapi tadicchāmi kimevaṃ jīvitenapi || 254 |
  • Cannot analyse marttumapi*ta
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • icchāmi -
  • iṣ (verb class 6)
    [present active first single]
  • kime -
  • kimi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    kimi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse jīvitenapi*25
  • Cannot analyse 254
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