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)

तत्समाधिवलाधानैः प्रज्ञाब्धिपारमागतः ।
बोधिरत्नं समासाद्य बोधिसत्वो ऽधिपो भवेत् ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

tatsamādhivalādhānaiḥ prajñābdhipāramāgataḥ |
bodhiratnaṃ samāsādya bodhisatvo 'dhipo bhavet || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.38 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 (15.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatsama, Adhivala, Adhana, Prajna, Abdhipa, Arama, Agata, Bodhiratna, Samasadya, Bodhin, Sat, Sad, Yushmad, Adhipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.38). 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: “tatsamādhivalādhānaiḥ prajñābdhipāramāgataḥ
  • tatsamā -
  • tatsama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatsama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatsamā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhivalā -
  • adhivala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adhivala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ādhānaiḥ -
  • ādhāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • prajñā -
  • prajña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prajña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prajñā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abdhipā -
  • abdhipa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abdhipa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aramā -
  • arama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    arama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • agataḥ -
  • agata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • Line 2: “bodhiratnaṃ samāsādya bodhisatvo 'dhipo bhavet || 38 |
  • bodhiratnam -
  • bodhiratna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bodhiratna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samāsādya -
  • samāsādya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samāsādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāsādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sat -
  • sat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vo' -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • adhipo* -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 38
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