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)

सर्वार्थिनो हि संतर्प्य साक्षादर्हन्भवत्यपि ।
इति तैर्भिक्षुभिः पृष्टे भगवान्तान्तथाब्रवीत् ॥ २३६ ॥ {३६}

sarvārthino hi saṃtarpya sākṣādarhanbhavatyapi |
iti tairbhikṣubhiḥ pṛṣṭe bhagavāntāntathābravīt || 236 || {36}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.236 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 (10.236). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saru, Sarva, Arthin, Arthi, Santarpya, Sakshat, Saksha, Arhat, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Api, Iti, Tad, Bhikshu, Prishta, Prishti, Bhagavat, Tanta, Tha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.236). 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: “sarvārthino hi saṃtarpya sākṣādarhanbhavatyapi
  • sarvā -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arthino* -
  • arthin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • santarpya -
  • santarpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    santarpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sākṣād -
  • sākṣāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sākṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sākṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • arhan -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • bhavatya -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “iti tairbhikṣubhiḥ pṛṣṭe bhagavāntāntathābravīt || 236 |
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tair -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhikṣubhiḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pṛṣṭe -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [locative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √praś class 6 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [locative single from √praś class 6 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative single from √praś class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √praś class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √praś class 6 verb]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tānta -
  • tānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • thā -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 236
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