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)

नाकारणं जिना बुद्धा दर्शयन्ति स्मितं क्वचित् ।
भवत्स्मितं समालोक्य सर्वे भवन्ति विस्मिताः ॥ २६५ ॥ {२९५}

nākāraṇaṃ jinā buddhā darśayanti smitaṃ kvacit |
bhavatsmitaṃ samālokya sarve bhavanti vismitāḥ || 265 || {295}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.265 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 (13.265). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Naka, Arana, Jina, Buddha, Darshayat, Darshayanti, Smita, Kva, Acit, Bhavat, Bhavant, Samalokya, Sarva, Bhavanti, Vismita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.265). 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: “nākāraṇaṃ jinā buddhā darśayanti smitaṃ kvacit
  • nākā -
  • nāka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nāka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nākā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • araṇam -
  • araṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    araṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    araṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    raṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • jinā* -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • darśayanti -
  • dṛś -> darśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √dṛś], [vocative plural from √dṛś], [accusative plural from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> darśayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √dṛś]
    darśayat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dṛś (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • smitam -
  • smita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smi -> smita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
    smi -> smita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
  • kva -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    kva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • acit -
  • acit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    acit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “bhavatsmitaṃ samālokya sarve bhavanti vismitāḥ || 265 |
  • bhavat -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • smitam -
  • smita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smi -> smita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
    smi -> smita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
  • samālokya -
  • samālokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • vismitāḥ -
  • vismita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vismitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 265
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