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)

तद धर्मानुसंवृत्तौ मतिः कस्यापि नो चरेत् ।
प्रव्रज्यासंवरं धर्तुं कः समर्थो भविष्यति ॥ १९१ ॥ {९१}

tada dharmānusaṃvṛttau matiḥ kasyāpi no caret |
pravrajyāsaṃvaraṃ dhartuṃ kaḥ samartho bhaviṣyati || 191 || {91}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.191 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 (10.191). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Dharma, Dharman, Anu, Samvritta, Samvritti, Mati, Kah, Kim, Api, Pravrajya, Asamvara, Samartha, Bhavishyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.191). 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: “tada dharmānusaṃvṛttau matiḥ kasyāpi no caret
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmā -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • saṃvṛttau -
  • saṃvṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saṃvṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • matiḥ -
  • mati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kasyā -
  • kas -> kasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kas]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • no -
  • nu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “pravrajyāsaṃvaraṃ dhartuṃ kaḥ samartho bhaviṣyati || 191 |
  • pravrajyā -
  • pravrajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asaṃvaram -
  • asaṃvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asaṃvara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asaṃvarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dhartum -
  • dhṛ -> dhartum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √dhṛ]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samartho* -
  • samartha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhaviṣyati -
  • bhaviṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhaviṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [future active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 191
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