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)

संगीतैर्ये प्रकुर्वन्ति पूजां तस्य जगत्प्रभोः ।
सदा सुभाषितान्येव शृण्वन्ति ते गुणाकराः ॥ १९० ॥ {६९}

saṃgītairye prakurvanti pūjāṃ tasya jagatprabhoḥ |
sadā subhāṣitānyeva śṛṇvanti te guṇākarāḥ || 190 || {69}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.190 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 (4.190). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sangita, Yah, Yat, Prakurvat, Puja, Tad, Jagatprabhu, Sada, Sad, Subhashita, Eva, Shrinvat, Yushmad, Gunakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.190). 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: “saṃgītairye prakurvanti pūjāṃ tasya jagatprabhoḥ
  • saṅgītair -
  • saṅgīta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    saṅgīta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prakurvanti -
  • prakurvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pūjām -
  • pūjā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • jagatprabhoḥ -
  • jagatprabhu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “sadā subhāṣitānyeva śṛṇvanti te guṇākarāḥ || 190 |
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • subhāṣitānye -
  • subhāṣita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śṛṇvanti -
  • śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru (verb class 5)
    [present active third plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • guṇākarāḥ -
  • guṇākara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    guṇākarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 190
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