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)

श्रावकैर्भिक्षुभिः सार्द्धं बोधिसत्वैरुपासकैः ।
देवासुरमहाराजैर्मनुजेन्द्रं सपार्षदैः ॥ ८ ॥ {९}

śrāvakairbhikṣubhiḥ sārddhaṃ bodhisatvairupāsakaiḥ |
devāsuramahārājairmanujendraṃ sapārṣadaiḥ || 8 || {9}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.8 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 (2.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shravaka, Bhikshu, Arddha, Bodhin, Satvan, Eru, Pasa, Kah, Kim, Devasura, Aha, Arajan, Manujendra, Sapa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.8). 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: “śrāvakairbhikṣubhiḥ sārddhaṃ bodhisatvairupāsakaiḥ
  • śrāvakair -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śrāvaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhikṣubhiḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • satvai -
  • satvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    satvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • eru -
  • eru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    eru (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    eru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pāsa -
  • pāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaiḥ -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “devāsuramahārājairmanujendraṃ sapārṣadaiḥ || 8 |
  • devāsuram -
  • devāsura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    devāsura (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    devāsurā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ahā -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • arājai -
  • arājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • air -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • manujendram -
  • manujendra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • sapā -
  • sapa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sap (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ārṣad -
  • ṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
    ṛṣ (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • aiḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 8
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