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)

तस्य सद्धर्मराजस्य काश्यपस्य जगद्गुरोः ।
शासने द्वौ यती भिक्षू संशीतिकौ वभूवतुः ॥ १२४ ॥ {२४}

tasya saddharmarājasya kāśyapasya jagadguroḥ |
śāsane dvau yatī bhikṣū saṃśītikau vabhūvatuḥ || 124 || {24}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.124 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 (11.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Saddharma, Raja, Kashyapa, Jagadguru, Shasana, Dva, Yat, Yati, Yatin, Bhikshu, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.124). 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: “tasya saddharmarājasya kāśyapasya jagadguroḥ
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājasya -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • kāśyapasya -
  • kāśyapa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kāśyapa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jagadguroḥ -
  • jagadguru (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “śāsane dvau yatī bhikṣū saṃśītikau vabhūvatuḥ || 124 |
  • śāsane -
  • śāsana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śāsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śāsanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dvau -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yatī -
  • yatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    yatin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yatī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • bhikṣū -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • saṃśīti -
  • saṃśīti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • kau -
  • ku (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhūva -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [aorist active first dual]
  • tuḥ -
  • tur (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tur (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 124
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