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)

अथ सो ऽर्हं महाभिज्ञो मौद्गल्यन आत्मवित् ।
स्वर्गे गंतुं समाधाय समाधिं विदधे क्षणं ॥ ७१ ॥ {७०}

atha so 'rhaṃ mahābhijño maudgalyana ātmavit |
svarge gaṃtuṃ samādhāya samādhiṃ vidadhe kṣaṇaṃ || 71 || {70}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.71 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 (29.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Sah, Arha, Mahabhijna, Maudgali, Maudgalya, Ano, Ana, Ani, Anu, Atmavid, Svarga, Gantu, Samadha, Aya, Samadhi, Vida, Dha, Dhi, Kshanam, Kshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.71). 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: “atha so 'rhaṃ mahābhijño maudgalyana ātmavit
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arham -
  • arha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mahābhijño* -
  • mahābhijña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • maudgalya -
  • maudgali (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    maudgalya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maudgalya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ana*ā -
  • ano (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • āt -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ātmavit -
  • ātmavid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ātmavid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “svarge gaṃtuṃ samādhāya samādhiṃ vidadhe kṣaṇaṃ || 71 |
  • svarge -
  • svarga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    svarga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svargā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gantum -
  • gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gam -> gantum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √gam]
    gantu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samādhā -
  • samādhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • aya -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • samādhim -
  • samādhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vida -
  • vida (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vida (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • dhe -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    dhi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kṣaṇam -
  • kṣaṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 71
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