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 तत्स्मृतिपुण्येन सर्वे ते प्रेतिकास्ततः ।
प्रेतलोकात्समुत्थाय संयास्यन्ति सुखावतीं ॥ १७९ ॥ {७९}

tadā tatsmṛtipuṇyena sarve te pretikāstataḥ |
pretalokātsamutthāya saṃyāsyanti sukhāvatīṃ || 179 || {79}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.179 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 (23.179). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tat, Tad, Punya, Sarva, Yushmad, Pretika, Tatah, Tata, Pretaloka, Samuttha, Samya, Sukhavati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.179). 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 tatsmṛtipuṇyena sarve te pretikāstataḥ
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • smṛti -
  • smṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • puṇyena -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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]
  • pretikās -
  • pretika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Line 2: “pretalokātsamutthāya saṃyāsyanti sukhāvatīṃ || 179 |
  • pretalokāt -
  • pretaloka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • samutthāya -
  • samuttha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    samuttha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • saṃyā -
  • saṃya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asyanti -
  • as (verb class 4)
    [present active third plural]
  • sukhāvatīm -
  • sukhāvatī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 179
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