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)

हा दुष्टेन मया पूर्वमाचितं घोरपातकं ।
तेनाहं महिषो दुष्टो भवाम्यत्र यथोदितं ॥ ६१ ॥ {५१}

hā duṣṭena mayā pūrvamācitaṃ ghorapātakaṃ |
tenāhaṃ mahiṣo duṣṭo bhavāmyatra yathoditaṃ || 61 || {51}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.61 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 (20.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dushta, Maya, Asmad, Purvam, Purva, Acit, Acita, Ghora, Pataka, Tad, Tena, Aha, Mahisha, Atra, Yathodita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.61). 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: “ duṣṭena mayā pūrvamācitaṃ ghorapātakaṃ
  • hā* -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • duṣṭena -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    duṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • pūrvam -
  • pūrvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pūrva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūrva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ācitam -
  • ācita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ācita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ācitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ācit (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ghora -
  • ghora (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ghora (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pātakam -
  • pātaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pātaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pātakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tenāhaṃ mahiṣo duṣṭo bhavāmyatra yathoditaṃ || 61 |
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • mahiṣo* -
  • mahiṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • duṣṭo* -
  • duṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavāmya -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yathoditam -
  • yathodita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yathodita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yathoditā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 61
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