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)

विरजः परदारेभ्यो दारानिष्टानवाप्नुयात् ।
स्वेभ्यो ऽप्यदेशकालौ च वर्जयेत्पुंस्त्वमर्छति ॥ १५७ ॥ {२३}

virajaḥ paradārebhyo dārāniṣṭānavāpnuyāt |
svebhyo 'pyadeśakālau ca varjayetpuṃstvamarchati || 157 || {23}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.157 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 (28.157). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Viraja, Virajas, Paradara, Dara, Ishta, Ava, Sva, Api, Apya, Pumstva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.157). 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: “virajaḥ paradārebhyo dārāniṣṭānavāpnuyāt
  • virajaḥ -
  • virajas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    virajas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    viraja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paradārebhyo* -
  • paradāra (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • dārān -
  • dāra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • iṣṭān -
  • iṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    iṣ -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √iṣ class 6 verb]
    yaj -> iṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √yaj class 1 verb]
  • avā -
  • ava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    u (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    av (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    ava (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    avā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuyāt -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “svebhyo 'pyadeśakālau ca varjayetpuṃstvamarchati || 157 |
  • svebhyo' -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • adeśakālau -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arjayet -
  • ṛj (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • puṃstvam -
  • puṃstva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ar -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ṛchati -
  • ṛch (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 157
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