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)

इदं हि बोधिमार्गानां वीजं विज्ञाय कौशिक ।
त्रिरत्नस्मरणं नित्यं कर्त्तव्यं बोधिवांछिभिः ॥ ९२ ॥ {९२}

idaṃ hi bodhimārgānāṃ vījaṃ vijñāya kauśika |
triratnasmaraṇaṃ nityaṃ karttavyaṃ bodhivāṃchibhiḥ || 92 || {92}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.92 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 (6.92). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Bodhimarga, Vija, Vijna, Vijnaya, Kaushika, Triratna, Smarana, Nityam, Nitya, Karttavya, Bodhin, Vanchin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.92). 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: “idaṃ hi bodhimārgānāṃ vījaṃ vijñāya kauśika
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bodhimārgān -
  • bodhimārga (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vījam -
  • vījā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vīja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vīja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vijñāya -
  • vijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    vijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • kauśika -
  • kauśika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kauśika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “triratnasmaraṇaṃ nityaṃ karttavyaṃ bodhivāṃchibhiḥ || 92 |
  • triratna -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smaraṇam -
  • smaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • karttavyam -
  • karttavya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karttavya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    karttavyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
    kṛt -> karttavya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛt class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛt class 6 verb]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vāñchibhiḥ -
  • vāñchin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vāñchin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 92
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