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)

अचिरेणैव मां मृत्युर्ग्रहीष्यति न संशयः ।
तावदेव गृहे स्थित्वा दानं कुर्वन् सुखं वस ॥ १९९ ॥ {९९}

acireṇaiva māṃ mṛtyurgrahīṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
tāvadeva gṛhe sthitvā dānaṃ kurvan sukhaṃ vasa || 199 || {99}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.199 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 (10.199). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acirena, Acira, Asmad, Mrityu, Grahishyat, Samshaya, Tavat, Eva, Grih, Griha, Sthitva, Dana, Kurvat, Sukham, Sukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.199). 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: “acireṇaiva māṃ mṛtyurgrahīṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
  • acireṇai -
  • acireṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    acira (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    acira (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • mṛtyur -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • grahīṣyati -
  • grah -> grahīṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √grah class 9 verb]
    grah -> grahīṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √grah class 9 verb]
    grahīṣyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    grahīṣyat (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    grahīṣyat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    grah (verb class 9)
    [future active third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃśayaḥ -
  • saṃśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tāvadeva gṛhe sthitvā dānaṃ kurvan sukhaṃ vasa || 199 |
  • tāvad -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sthitvā -
  • sthitvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sthā -> sthitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sthā]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kurvan -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • sukham -
  • sukham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sukhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vasa* -
  • Cannot analyse 199
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