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)

धन्यो ऽसि त्वं सुभद्रांगि संबुद्धगुणभाविनि ।
सर्वथा हि स संबुद्धः सेवितव्यः सदापि च ॥ ५६ ॥ {५६}

dhanyo 'si tvaṃ subhadrāṃgi saṃbuddhaguṇabhāvini |
sarvathā hi sa saṃbuddhaḥ sevitavyaḥ sadāpi ca || 56 || {56}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.56 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 (5.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanya, Dhani, Asi, Tva, Yushmad, Subhadra, Angin, Angi, Sambuddha, Guna, Bhavin, Bhavini, Bhavi, Sarvatha, Sevitavya, Sada, Sad, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.56). 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: “dhanyo 'si tvaṃ subhadrāṃgi saṃbuddhaguṇabhāvini
  • dhanyo' -
  • dhanya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dhanī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhanī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • subhadrā -
  • subhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgi -
  • aṅgin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aṅgin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aṅgī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    aṅgī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    aṅgī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sambuddha -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • guṇa -
  • guṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāvini -
  • bhāvinī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhāvin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhāvin (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhāvī (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvathā hi sa saṃbuddhaḥ sevitavyaḥ sadāpi ca || 56 |
  • sarvathā -
  • sarvathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sambuddhaḥ -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sevitavyaḥ -
  • sevitavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sev -> sevitavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sev class 1 verb]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sad (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ca* -
  • Cannot analyse 56
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