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)

अन्नदो वलवान्भोगी वस्त्रदः शोभितो भवेत् ।
पानदः सुखितः तृप्तश्चक्षुष्मान्भवति दीपदः ॥ ४८ ॥ {४८}

annado valavānbhogī vastradaḥ śobhito bhavet |
pānadaḥ sukhitaḥ tṛptaścakṣuṣmānbhavati dīpadaḥ || 48 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.48 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 (8.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Annada, Valavat, Bhogin, Vastrada, Shobhita, Pana, Sukhita, Tripta, Cakshushmat, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Dipada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.48). 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: “annado valavānbhogī vastradaḥ śobhito bhavet
  • annado* -
  • annada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • valavān -
  • valavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhogī -
  • bhogin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vastradaḥ -
  • vastrada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vastradā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śobhito* -
  • śobhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh -> śobhita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śubh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śubh class 6 verb], [nominative single from √śubh]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “pānadaḥ sukhitaḥ tṛptaścakṣuṣmānbhavati dīpadaḥ || 48 |
  • pāna -
  • pāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • daḥ -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sukhitaḥ -
  • sukhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sukh -> sukhita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sukh class 10 verb]
  • tṛptaś -
  • tṛpta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tṛp -> tṛpta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tṛp class 1 verb], [nominative single from √tṛp class 4 verb], [nominative single from √tṛp class 5 verb], [nominative single from √tṛp class 6 verb]
  • cakṣuṣmān -
  • cakṣuṣmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • dīpadaḥ -
  • dīpada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 48
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