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)

पुरैकसमये राजं शाक्यसिंहो दयांबुधिः ।
सर्वज्ञो धर्मराण् नाथः शास्ता त्रैधातुकाधिपः ॥ ५ ॥ {(५)}

puraikasamaye rājaṃ śākyasiṃho dayāṃbudhiḥ |
sarvajño dharmarāṇ nāthaḥ śāstā traidhātukādhipaḥ || 5 || {(5)}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.5 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 (9.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kasa, Aye, Aya, Raja, Raj, Shakyasimha, Daya, Ambudhi, Sarvajna, Dharmaraj, Natha, Shastri, Shasta, Traidhatuka, Adhipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.5). 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: “puraikasamaye rājaṃ śākyasiṃho dayāṃbudhiḥ
  • purai -
  • pur (verb class 6)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • kasam -
  • kasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aye -
  • aye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • rājam -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rājā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śākyasiṃho* -
  • śākyasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dayā -
  • daya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    daya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ambudhiḥ -
  • ambudhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvajño dharmarāṇ nāthaḥ śāstā traidhātukādhipaḥ || 5 |
  • sarvajño* -
  • sarvajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmarāṇ -
  • dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • nāthaḥ -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śāstā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • traidhātukā -
  • traidhātuka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhipaḥ -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 5
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