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)

बुद्ध एव जगच्छास्ता त्राता लोकहितंकरः ।
दुर्गतितारको नाथो भर्त्ता सद्गतिनायकः ॥ १५२ ॥ {१५२}

buddha eva jagacchāstā trātā lokahitaṃkaraḥ |
durgatitārako nātho bharttā sadgatināyakaḥ || 152 || {152}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.152 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 (13.152). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddha, Eva, Jagat, Shastri, Shasta, Trata, Loka, Tanka, Durgati, Taraka, Natha, Bharttri, Nayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.152). 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: “buddha eva jagacchāstā trātā lokahitaṃkaraḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jagacch -
  • jagat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jagat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śāstā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • trātā* -
  • trāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    trātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    trai -> trāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √trai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √trai class 1 verb]
    trai -> trātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √trai class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √trai class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √trai class 1 verb]
  • loka -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • taṅka -
  • taṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taṅka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taṅk (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • raḥ -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “durgatitārako nātho bharttā sadgatināyakaḥ || 152 |
  • durgati -
  • durgati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    durgati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    durgati (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    durgatī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    durgatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    durgatī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tārako* -
  • tāraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nātho* -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bharttā -
  • bharttṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bharttṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sadgati -
  • sadgati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • nāyakaḥ -
  • nāyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 152
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