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)

कथ्यते तत्पुरावृत्तं साधु शृणुत सादरं ।
पुरैकसमये बुद्धश्चंदनो नाम धर्मराट् ॥ ६५ ॥ {६६}

kathyate tatpurāvṛttaṃ sādhu śṛṇuta sādaraṃ |
puraikasamaye buddhaścaṃdano nāma dharmarāṭ || 65 || {66}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.65 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 (2.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Puravritta, Sadhu, Sadaram, Sadara, Kasa, Aye, Aya, Buddha, Candana, Naman, Dharmaraj,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.65). 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: “kathyate tatpurāvṛttaṃ sādhu śṛṇuta sādaraṃ
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • purāvṛttam -
  • purāvṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    purāvṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    purāvṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sādhu -
  • sādhu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sādhu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sādhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śṛṇuta -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • sādaram -
  • sādaram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “puraikasamaye buddhaścaṃdano nāma dharmarāṭ || 65 |
  • purai -
  • pur (verb class 6)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • kasam -
  • kasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aye -
  • aye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • buddhaś -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • candano* -
  • candana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dharmarāṭ -
  • dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse 65
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