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)

व्यामप्रभाविराजन्तं सहस्रेणाधिकप्रभं ।
जंगममिव रत्नाङ्गं समन्तभद्ररूपिकं ॥ २० ॥ {२०}

vyāmaprabhāvirājantaṃ sahasreṇādhikaprabhaṃ |
jaṃgamamiva ratnāṅgaṃ samantabhadrarūpikaṃ || 20 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.20 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 (5.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vyama, Prabhavin, Rajat, Sahasra, Adhikaprabha, Jangama, Iva, Ratnanga, Samantabhadra, Rupika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.20). 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: “vyāmaprabhāvirājantaṃ sahasreṇādhikaprabhaṃ
  • vyāma -
  • vyāma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabhāvi -
  • prabhāvin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    prabhāvin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • rājantam -
  • rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
  • sahasreṇā -
  • sahasra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • adhikaprabham -
  • adhikaprabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adhikaprabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “jaṃgamamiva ratnāṅgaṃ samantabhadrarūpikaṃ || 20 |
  • jaṅgamam -
  • jaṅgama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jaṅgama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jaṅgamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • ratnāṅgam -
  • ratnāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • samantabhadra -
  • samantabhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samantabhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpikam -
  • rūpika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 20
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