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)

दर्शने श्रवणे वापि गंधतैलानुलेपने ।
स्पर्शने भोजने पाने सुवस्त्रपरिभूषणे ॥ ६५ ॥ {६३}

darśane śravaṇe vāpi gaṃdhatailānulepane |
sparśane bhojane pāne suvastraparibhūṣaṇe || 65 || {63}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.65 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 (3.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Darshana, Shravana, Vapi, Vapin, Gandhataila, Anulepana, Sparshana, Bhojana, Pana, Suvastra, Paribhushana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.65). 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: “darśane śravaṇe vāpi gaṃdhatailānulepane
  • darśane -
  • darśana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    darśana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    darśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śravaṇe -
  • śravaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śravaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śravaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • vāpi -
  • vāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    vāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gandhatailā -
  • gandhataila (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anulepane -
  • anulepana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “sparśane bhojane pāne suvastraparibhūṣaṇe || 65 |
  • sparśane -
  • sparśana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sparśana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sparśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhojane -
  • bhojana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhojana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • pāne -
  • pāna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • suvastra -
  • suvastra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suvastra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • paribhūṣaṇe -
  • paribhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse 65
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