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)

महाभोगो महाश्राद्धः सुविशालपरिग्रहः ।
दाता साधुर्महा धीरः प्रत्युवास सुखान्वितः ॥ १५ ॥ {१५}

mahābhogo mahāśrāddhaḥ suviśālaparigrahaḥ |
dātā sādhurmahā dhīraḥ pratyuvāsa sukhānvitaḥ || 15 || {15}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.15 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 (9.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mahabhoga, Mah, Maha, Ashraddha, Suvishala, Parigraha, Datri, Data, Sadhu, Dhira, Prati, Sukhanvita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.15). 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: “mahābhogo mahāśrāddhaḥ suviśālaparigrahaḥ
  • mahābhogo* -
  • mahābhoga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahā -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aśrāddhaḥ -
  • aśrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • suviśāla -
  • suviśāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suviśāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parigrahaḥ -
  • parigraha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “dātā sādhurmahā dhīraḥ pratyuvāsa sukhānvitaḥ || 15 |
  • dātā -
  • dātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • sādhur -
  • sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahā* -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dhīraḥ -
  • dhīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pratyu -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • uvāsa -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    vas (verb class 6)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • sukhānvitaḥ -
  • sukhānvita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 15
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