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)

ओं नमः श्रीसर्वबुद्धबोधिसत्वेभ्यः ।
यः श्रीमाञ्छ्रीघनो लोके सद्धर्मं समुपादिशत् ।
शासनानि त्रिलोकेषु जयन्तु तस्य सर्वदा ॥ १ ॥ {१}

oṃ namaḥ śrīsarvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ |
yaḥ śrīmāñchrīghano loke saddharmaṃ samupādiśat |
śāsanāni trilokeṣu jayantu tasya sarvadā || 1 || {1}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.1 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 (1.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nama, Namas, Shri, Saru, Sarva, Abuddha, Bodhin, Satvan, Ibhi, Ibhya, Yah, Shrimat, Shrighana, Loka, Saddharma, Shasana, Triloka, Tad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.1). 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: “oṃ namaḥ śrīsarvabuddhabodhisatvebhyaḥ
  • Cannot analyse om*na
  • namaḥ -
  • namas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    namas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrī -
  • śrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • sarva -
  • saru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    saru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • abuddha -
  • abuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    budh (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle third single]
    budh (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle third single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • satve -
  • satvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    satvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ibhyaḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    ibhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ibhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yaḥ śrīmāñchrīghano loke saddharmaṃ samupādiśat
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrīmāñch -
  • śrīmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrīghano* -
  • śrīghana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • adiśat -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 3: “śāsanāni trilokeṣu jayantu tasya sarvadā || 1 |
  • śāsanāni -
  • śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • trilokeṣu -
  • triloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    triloka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • jayantu -
  • ji (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third plural]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sarvadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 1
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