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)

पुरासीद्भगवान्बुद्धः काश्यपो ऽर्हन्मुनीश्वरः ।
सर्वविद्याधिपः शास्ता तथागतो विनायकः ॥ २३८ ॥ {३८}

purāsīdbhagavānbuddhaḥ kāśyapo 'rhanmunīśvaraḥ |
sarvavidyādhipaḥ śāstā tathāgato vināyakaḥ || 238 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.238 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 (10.238). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pura, Pur, Bhagavat, Buddha, Kashyapa, Arhat, Munishvara, Sarvavidya, Adhipa, Shastri, Shasta, Tathagata, Vinayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 10.238). 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: “purāsīdbhagavānbuddhaḥ kāśyapo 'rhanmunīśvaraḥ
  • purā -
  • purā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pur (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āsīd -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • buddhaḥ -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāśyapo' -
  • kāśyapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arhan -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvavidyādhipaḥ śāstā tathāgato vināyakaḥ || 238 |
  • sarvavidyā -
  • sarvavidya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvavidya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvavidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhipaḥ -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śāstā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • tathāgato* -
  • tathāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vināyakaḥ -
  • vināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 238
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