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)

तस्मान्नित्यं तथैवास्य संबुद्धस्य जगत्प्रभोः ।
महत्सत्कारपूजाभिः कर्त्तव्यं भजनं सदा ॥ २०० ॥ {२}

tasmānnityaṃ tathaivāsya saṃbuddhasya jagatprabhoḥ |
mahatsatkārapūjābhiḥ karttavyaṃ bhajanaṃ sadā || 200 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.200 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 (2.200). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tasmat, Tad, Nityam, Nitya, Tatha, Idam, Sambuddha, Jagatprabhu, Mahat, Satkara, Puja, Karttavya, Bhajana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.200). 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: “tasmānnityaṃ tathaivāsya saṃbuddhasya jagatprabhoḥ
  • tasmān -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aivā -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sambuddhasya -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jagatprabhoḥ -
  • jagatprabhu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “mahatsatkārapūjābhiḥ karttavyaṃ bhajanaṃ sadā || 200 |
  • mahat -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • satkāra -
  • satkāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūjābhiḥ -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • karttavyam -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karttavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karttavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • bhajanam -
  • bhajana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhajana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhajanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 200
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