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)

पुनरेवं यतीशो ऽसाव् उपगुप्तो जिनांशजः ।
त्रिरत्नस्मृतिजं पुण्यं ख्यातुं नृपमब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥ {१}

punarevaṃ yatīśo 'sāv upagupto jināṃśajaḥ |
triratnasmṛtijaṃ puṇyaṃ khyātuṃ nṛpamabravīt || 1 || {1}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.1 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 (6.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Punar, Evam, Eva, Upagupta, Jina, Sha, Triratna, Punya, Nripa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.1). 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: “punarevaṃ yatīśo 'sāv upagupto jināṃśajaḥ
  • punar -
  • punar (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    punar (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse yatīśo'sāv*up
  • upagupto* -
  • upagupta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jināṃ -
  • jinā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śa -
  • śa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jaḥ -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “triratnasmṛtijaṃ puṇyaṃ khyātuṃ nṛpamabravīt || 1 |
  • triratna -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smṛti -
  • smṛti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • jam -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • khyātum -
  • khyā -> khyātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √khyā]
  • nṛpam -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 1
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