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)

ससंघं सेवितुं नित्यमिछे तदनुमोद्यतां ।
स एव भगवान्नाथः कृत्वात्र शुभतां सदा ॥ १३८ ॥ {३८}

sasaṃghaṃ sevituṃ nityamiche tadanumodyatāṃ |
sa eva bhagavānnāthaḥ kṛtvātra śubhatāṃ sadā || 138 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.138 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 (2.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sangha, Nitya, Tada, Sah, Eva, Bhagavat, Kritva, Kritvan, Atra, Shubhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.138). 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: “sasaṃghaṃ sevituṃ nityamiche tadanumodyatāṃ
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṅgham -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṅgha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sevitum -
  • sev -> sevitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √sev]
  • nitya -
  • nitya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • miche -
  • mich (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • numo -
  • nu (verb class 2)
    [present active first plural]
  • dyatām -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active third dual]
  • Line 2: “sa eva bhagavānnāthaḥ kṛtvātra śubhatāṃ sadā || 138 |
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhagavānn -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āt -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • haḥ -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    kṛtvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śubhatām -
  • śubh -> śubhat (participle, masculine)
    [genitive plural from √śubh class 6 verb]
    śubh -> śubhat (participle, neuter)
    [genitive plural from √śubh class 6 verb]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 138
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