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)

स सत्वानां हितार्थेन बोधिचर्याः प्रकाशयन् ।
वाराणसीमुपाश्रित्य मृगदावे जिनाश्रमे ॥ ५७ ॥ {५७}

sa satvānāṃ hitārthena bodhicaryāḥ prakāśayan |
vārāṇasīmupāśritya mṛgadāve jināśrame || 57 || {57}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.57 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 (4.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Satvat, Hita, Artha, Bodhicarya, Prakasha, Yat, Varanasi, Upa, Ashritya, Mrigadava, Jina, Ashrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.57). 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: “sa satvānāṃ hitārthena bodhicaryāḥ prakāśayan
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • satvān -
  • satvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • arthena -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bodhicaryāḥ -
  • bodhicaryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prakāśa -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • Line 2: “vārāṇasīmupāśritya mṛgadāve jināśrame || 57 |
  • vārāṇasīm -
  • vārāṇasī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • upā -
  • upā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • āśritya -
  • āśritya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśritya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āśritya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mṛgadāve -
  • mṛgadāva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • jinā -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ji (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ji (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    jinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśrame -
  • aśrama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aśrama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aśramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 57
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