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)

अद्याम्ब तात संबुद्धो दृश्यते ऽपूर्वदर्शनः ।
सर्वलक्षणसंपूर्णो दिव्यातिकान्तसुंदरः ॥ ४९ ॥ {४९}

adyāmba tāta saṃbuddho dṛśyate 'pūrvadarśanaḥ |
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇo divyātikāntasuṃdaraḥ || 49 || {49}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.49 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 (7.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Adya, Tata, Sambuddha, Drishyata, Apurvadarshana, Sarva, Lakshanasampurna, Divi, Divya, Atikanta, Sundara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.49). 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: “adyāmba tāta saṃbuddho dṛśyate 'pūrvadarśanaḥ
  • adyām -
  • adyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [optative active first single]
  • ba -
  • ba (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tāta -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sambuddho* -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dṛśyate' -
  • dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛś (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
  • apūrvadarśanaḥ -
  • apūrvadarśana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇo divyātikāntasuṃdaraḥ || 49 |
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • lakṣaṇasampūrṇo* -
  • lakṣaṇasampūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • divyā -
  • divya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    divya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    div -> divya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √div]
    divī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    divyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • atikānta -
  • atikānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atikānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sundaraḥ -
  • sundara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 49
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