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)

भगवन्भवतो वक्त्रात्पंचवर्णाः सुरश्मयः ।
विनिसृता दिशः सर्वा भाषयन्ति समन्ततः ॥ २६४ ॥ {२९४}

bhagavanbhavato vaktrātpaṃcavarṇāḥ suraśmayaḥ |
vinisṛtā diśaḥ sarvā bhāṣayanti samantataḥ || 264 || {294}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.264 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 (13.264). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhagavat, Bhagavan, Bhavat, Bhavant, Vaktra, Pancavarna, Sura, Shman, Yah, Srita, Dishas, Dish, Disha, Saru, Sarva, Bhasha, Yat, Samantatah, Samantatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.264). 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: “bhagavanbhavato vaktrātpaṃcavarṇāḥ suraśmayaḥ
  • bhagavan -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    bhagavan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • bhavato* -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • vaktrāt -
  • vaktra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vaktra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • pañcavarṇāḥ -
  • pañcavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pañcavarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sura -
  • sura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sur (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śma -
  • śman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vinisṛtā diśaḥ sarvā bhāṣayanti samantataḥ || 264 |
  • vini -
  • vi (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sṛtā* -
  • sṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sṛ -> sṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sṛ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛ class 3 verb]
    sṛ -> sṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sṛ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sṛ class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛ class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √sṛ class 3 verb]
  • diśaḥ -
  • diśas (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    diś (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    diśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvā* -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhāṣa -
  • bhāṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yanti -
  • yanti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √i class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √i class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third plural]
  • samantataḥ -
  • samantataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samantatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 264
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