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)

सर्वविद्याधिपो बुद्धः षडभिज्ञो मुनीश्वरः ।
मारजिष्णुर्विनेतार्हं धर्मराजस्तथागतः ॥ ६ ॥ {६}

sarvavidyādhipo buddhaḥ ṣaḍabhijño munīśvaraḥ |
mārajiṣṇurvinetārhaṃ dharmarājastathāgataḥ || 6 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.6 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 (8.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvavidya, Adhipa, Buddha, Shadabhijna, Munishvara, Mara, Jishnu, Vinetri, Arha, Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Tathagata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.6). 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: “sarvavidyādhipo buddhaḥ ṣaḍabhijño munīśvaraḥ
  • sarvavidyā -
  • sarvavidya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvavidya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvavidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhipo* -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • buddhaḥ -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṣaḍabhijño* -
  • ṣaḍabhijña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mārajiṣṇurvinetārhaṃ dharmarājastathāgataḥ || 6 |
  • māra -
  • māra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jiṣṇur -
  • jiṣṇu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jiṣṇu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • vinetā -
  • vinetṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arham -
  • arha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dharmarājas -
  • dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dharmarāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathāgataḥ -
  • tathāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 6
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