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)

नीरोगा सुचिरायुष्का भवंतु ते सुखान्विताः ।
विरतपापकर्माणः प्रचरंतु शुभे सदा ।
त्रिरत्नभजनं कृत्वा भवंतु ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥ ९९१ ॥ {२८}

nīrogā sucirāyuṣkā bhavaṃtu te sukhānvitāḥ |
viratapāpakarmāṇaḥ pracaraṃtu śubhe sadā |
triratnabhajanaṃ kṛtvā bhavaṃtu brahmacāriṇaḥ || 991 || {28}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.991 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 (38.991). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Niroga, Sucira, Tad, Yushmad, Sukhanvita, Virata, Papakarman, Pra, Shubha, Shubh, Sada, Sad, Triratna, Bhajana, Kritva, Kritvan, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.991). 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: “nīrogā sucirāyuṣkā bhavaṃtu te sukhānvitāḥ
  • nīrogā -
  • nīrogā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sucirā -
  • sucira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sucira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sucirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyuṣkā -
  • bhavantu -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • sukhānvitāḥ -
  • sukhānvita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sukhānvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “viratapāpakarmāṇaḥ pracaraṃtu śubhe sadā
  • virata -
  • virata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    virata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāpakarmāṇaḥ -
  • pāpakarman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • carantu -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • śubhe -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “triratnabhajanaṃ kṛtvā bhavaṃtu brahmacāriṇaḥ || 991 |
  • triratna -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhajanam -
  • bhajana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhajana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhajanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavantu -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • brahmacāriṇaḥ -
  • brahmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 991
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