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)

नैतन्मे प्रतिरूपं स्याद् यदयं सुगतो जिनः ।
मया नाभ्यर्चितो रत्नैर्धिग्मे चित्तभयाद्द्रुतं ॥ २७२ ॥ {७०}

naitanme pratirūpaṃ syād yadayaṃ sugato jinaḥ |
mayā nābhyarcito ratnairdhigme cittabhayāddrutaṃ || 272 || {70}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.272 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 (12.272). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Etad, Asmad, Pratirupa, Syat, Sya, Yat, Yad, Aya, Idam, Sugata, Jina, Maya, Nabhi, Nabhya, Ric, Tas, Ratna, Dha, Gma, Citta, Bhayat, Bhaya, Drutam, Druta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.272). 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: “naitanme pratirūpaṃ syād yadayaṃ sugato jinaḥ
  • nai -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • etan -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative 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]
  • pratirūpam -
  • pratirūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pratirūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pratirūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • syād -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sugato* -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jinaḥ -
  • ji (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “mayā nābhyarcito ratnairdhigme cittabhayāddrutaṃ || 272 |
  • mayā* -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nābhyar -
  • nābhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nābhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nābhi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    nābhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nābhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    nābhī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ṛci -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • to* -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ratnair -
  • ratna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ratna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dhi -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • gme -
  • gmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • citta -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • bhayād -
  • bhayāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    bhaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • drutam -
  • drutam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    druta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    druta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    drutā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 272
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