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)

समंतभद्ररूपं च रत्नांगमिव जंगमं ।
दृष्ट्वासौ सुप्रसन्नात्मा समुपेत्य पुरोगतः ॥ ३७ ॥ {३७}

samaṃtabhadrarūpaṃ ca ratnāṃgamiva jaṃgamaṃ |
dṛṣṭvāsau suprasannātmā samupetya purogataḥ || 37 || {37}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.37 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 (7.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samantabhadra, Rupa, Ratnanga, Iva, Jangama, Asi, Asu, Adah, Suprasanna, Asmad, Upetya, Purogata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.37). 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: “samaṃtabhadrarūpaṃ ca ratnāṃgamiva jaṃgamaṃ
  • samantabhadra -
  • samantabhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samantabhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpam -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratnāṅgam -
  • ratnāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • jaṅgamam -
  • jaṅgama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jaṅgama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jaṅgamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “dṛṣṭvāsau suprasannātmā samupetya purogataḥ || 37 |
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • suprasannāt -
  • suprasanna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    suprasanna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upetya -
  • upetya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upetya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • purogataḥ -
  • purogata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 37
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