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)

बुद्ध एव महासत्वः षडभिज्ञो जगत्प्रभुः ।
बुद्ध एव त्रिलोकेषु धर्मरूजा मुनीश्वरः ।
येनैव त्रिजगल्लोकं पालितं पुत्रवत्सदा ॥ १४५ ॥ {४७!}

buddha eva mahāsatvaḥ ṣaḍabhijño jagatprabhuḥ |
buddha eva trilokeṣu dharmarūjā munīśvaraḥ |
yenaiva trijagallokaṃ pālitaṃ putravatsadā || 145 || {47!}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.145 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:

Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.145). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddha, Eva, Mahasatva, Shadabhijna, Jagatprabhu, Triloka, Dharma, Dharman, Munishvara, Yena, Yah, Yat, Trijagat, Loka, Palita, Putravat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.145). 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: “buddha eva mahāsatvaḥ ṣaḍabhijño jagatprabhuḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāsatvaḥ -
  • mahāsatva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṣaḍabhijño* -
  • ṣaḍabhijña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jagatprabhuḥ -
  • jagatprabhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “buddha eva trilokeṣu dharmarūjā munīśvaraḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • trilokeṣu -
  • triloka (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    triloka (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jā* -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “yenaiva trijagallokaṃ pālitaṃ putravatsadā || 145 |
  • yenai -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • trijagal -
  • trijagat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • lokam -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • pālitam -
  • pālita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pālita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pālitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> pālita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √]
    -> pālita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √]
    -> pālitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √]
    pāl -> pālita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √pāl class 10 verb]
    pāl -> pālita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pāl class 10 verb], [accusative single from √pāl class 10 verb]
    -> pālita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √]
    -> pālita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √], [accusative single from √]
  • putravat -
  • putravat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    putravat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    putravat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 145
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