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)

तदा तान् क्लेशिताल् लोकान्दृष्ट्वा घृणादयाहतः ।
स्वकायजीवितस्नेहं त्यक्त्वा यो धर्ममादिशेत् ॥ ९६० ॥ {९७}

tadā tān kleśitāl lokāndṛṣṭvā ghṛṇādayāhataḥ |
svakāyajīvitasnehaṃ tyaktvā yo dharmamādiśet || 960 || {97}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.960 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 (38.960). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Kleshita, Loka, Ghrina, Aya, Ahata, Svaka, Svakaya, Jivita, Sneha, Yah, Dharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.960). 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: “tadā tān kleśitāl lokāndṛṣṭvā ghṛṇādayāhataḥ
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • kleśitāl -
  • kleśita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kleśita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kliś -> kleśita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √kliś]
    kliś -> kleśita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √kliś]
    kliś -> kleśita (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √kliś]
    kliś -> kleśita (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √kliś]
  • lokān -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • ghṛṇād -
  • ghṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ayā -
  • ayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ahataḥ -
  • ahata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svakāyajīvitasnehaṃ tyaktvā yo dharmamādiśet || 960 |
  • svakāya -
  • svakāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svakāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svaka (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    svaka (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • jīvita -
  • jīvita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīvita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • sneham -
  • sneha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tyaktvā -
  • tyaj -> tyaktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tyaj]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • diśet -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 960
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