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)

एतद्गाथामनुश्रुत्वा सर्वे लोका नृपादयः ।
सत्यमेतदिति ज्ञात्वा बोधिचित्तं प्रलेहिरे ॥ ६४ ॥ {६४}

etadgāthāmanuśrutvā sarve lokā nṛpādayaḥ |
satyametaditi jñātvā bodhicittaṃ pralehire || 64 || {64}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.64 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 (14.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Gatha, Anu, Sarva, Loka, Nripadi, Satyam, Satya, Iti, Bodhicitta, Pra, Lehi, Lehin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.64). 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: “etadgāthāmanuśrutvā sarve lokā nṛpādayaḥ
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gāthām -
  • gāthā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative 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]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • 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]
  • lokā* -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nṛpādayaḥ -
  • nṛpādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nṛpādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “satyametaditi jñātvā bodhicittaṃ pralehire || 64 |
  • satyam -
  • satyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • jñātvā -
  • jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
    jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
  • bodhicittam -
  • bodhicitta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bodhicitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lehi -
  • lehī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    lehin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lehin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • re -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 64
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