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)

वडिक त्वं महासाधुस्तद्बुद्धशरणं गतः ।
तथानुश्रद्धया नित्यं भज रत्नत्रयं सदा ॥ २२० ॥ {२२०}

vaḍika tvaṃ mahāsādhustadbuddhaśaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
tathānuśraddhayā nityaṃ bhaja ratnatrayaṃ sadā || 220 || {220}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.220 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 (13.220). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vadi, Tva, Yushmad, Mahasadhu, Tad, Tat, Buddha, Sharana, Gat, Gata, Tatha, Anu, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Nityam, Nitya, Ratnatraya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.220). 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: “vaḍika tvaṃ mahāsādhustadbuddhaśaraṇaṃ gataḥ
  • vaḍi -
  • vaḍi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vaḍi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vaḍi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ka -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • mahāsādhus -
  • mahāsādhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mahāsādhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gataḥ -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tathānuśraddhayā nityaṃ bhaja ratnatrayaṃ sadā || 220 |
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhaja -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ratnatrayam -
  • ratnatraya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 220
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