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)

तथा धर्मेण राजेन्द्रश्चक्रवर्त्ती महीश्वरः ।
सप्तरत्नसमायुक्तः सर्वशास्ता विराजते ॥ ९० ॥ {९०}

tathā dharmeṇa rājendraścakravarttī mahīśvaraḥ |
saptaratnasamāyuktaḥ sarvaśāstā virājate || 90 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.90 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 (15.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Dharmena, Dharma, Rajendra, Cakravarttin, Cakravartti, Mahishvara, Saptaratna, Samayukta, Sarva, Shasta, Viraja, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.90). 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: “tathā dharmeṇa rājendraścakravarttī mahīśvaraḥ
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dharmeṇa -
  • dharmeṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • rājendraś -
  • rājendra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cakravarttī -
  • cakravarttī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    cakravarttī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    cakravarttin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mahīśvaraḥ -
  • mahīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saptaratnasamāyuktaḥ sarvaśāstā virājate || 90 |
  • saptaratna -
  • saptaratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāyuktaḥ -
  • samāyukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śāstā* -
  • śās -> śāsta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
  • virāja -
  • virāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    virāja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 90
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