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)

भदन्त दातुमिछामि संघेभ्यो भोजनं खलु ।
तदाज्ञां देहि मे शास्त यदि ते ऽस्ति कृपा मयि ॥ १६० ॥ {६०}

bhadanta dātumichāmi saṃghebhyo bhojanaṃ khalu |
tadājñāṃ dehi me śāsta yadi te 'sti kṛpā mayi || 160 || {60}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.160 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 (10.160). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhadanta, Datu, Sangha, Bhojana, Khalu, Tada, Ajna, Dehi, Dehin, Asmad, Shasta, Yadi, Yad, Tad, Yushmad, Asti, Kripa, Mayi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.160). 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: “bhadanta dātumichāmi saṃghebhyo bhojanaṃ khalu
  • bhadanta -
  • bhadanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dātu -
  • dātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third single]
  • michāmi -
  • mich (verb class 6)
    [present active first single]
  • saṅghebhyo* -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    saṅgha (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • bhojanam -
  • bhojana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhojana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “tadājñāṃ dehi me śāsta yadi te 'sti kṛpā mayi || 160 |
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ajñām -
  • ajñā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    jñā (verb class 3)
    [aorist active first single]
    jñā (verb class 9)
    [aorist active first single]
  • dehi -
  • dehī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    dehin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dehin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (verb class 3)
    [imperative active second single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • śāsta -
  • śās -> śāsta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śāsta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • kṛpā* -
  • kṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṛpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mayi -
  • mayī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse 160
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