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)

एवं चरतमादाय प्रव्रज्याव्रतमुत्तमं ।
स्वपरात्महितार्थेषु ब्रह्मचर्यं समाहितौ ॥ २०० ॥ {९८}

evaṃ caratamādāya pravrajyāvratamuttamaṃ |
svaparātmahitārtheṣu brahmacaryaṃ samāhitau || 200 || {98}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.200 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 (36.200). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Ada, Adaya, Pravrajya, Avrata, Uttamam, Uttama, Svapara, Mahita, Artha, Brahmacarya, Samahita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.200). 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: “evaṃ caratamādāya pravrajyāvratamuttamaṃ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • caratam -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • ādāya -
  • ādāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āda (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    āda (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • pravrajyā -
  • pravrajya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pravrajyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • avratam -
  • avrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    avrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    avratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “svaparātmahitārtheṣu brahmacaryaṃ samāhitau || 200 |
  • svaparāt -
  • svapara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    svapara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • mahitā -
  • mahita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mah -> mahita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √mah]
    mah -> mahita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √mah]
    mahitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mah -> mahita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √mah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √mah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mah class 10 verb], [vocative single from √mah]
    mah -> mahitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mah class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mah class 10 verb], [nominative single from √mah]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • artheṣu -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • brahmacaryam -
  • brahmacarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samāhitau -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 200
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