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)

एवं महत्तरं पुण्यं विज्ञाय द्विज तत्तथा ।
श्रद्धये तद्व्रतं कुर्या यदि संपत्तिमिछसि ॥ ३४१ ॥ {९१}

evaṃ mahattaraṃ puṇyaṃ vijñāya dvija tattathā |
śraddhaye tadvrataṃ kuryā yadi saṃpattimichasi || 341 || {91}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.341 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 (37.341). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Mahattara, Punya, Vijna, Vijnaya, Dvija, Tat, Tad, Tatha, Tadvrata, Kuri, Yadi, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.341). 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: “evaṃ mahattaraṃ puṇyaṃ vijñāya dvija tattathā
  • 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]
  • mahattaram -
  • mahattara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahattara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahattarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • vijñāya -
  • vijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • dvija -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dvija (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śraddhaye tadvrataṃ kuryā yadi saṃpattimichasi || 341 |
  • śraddhaye -
  • tadvratam -
  • tadvrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadvrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tadvratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kuryā* -
  • kurī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active second single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sampatti -
  • sampatti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • michasi -
  • mich (verb class 6)
    [present active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 341
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