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 च मानवाः सर्वे लोका धर्मानुसारतः ।
निहीनमध्यमोत्कृष्टाः प्रभवन्ति महीतले ॥ ९४ ॥ {९४}

tathā ca mānavāḥ sarve lokā dharmānusārataḥ |
nihīnamadhyamotkṛṣṭāḥ prabhavanti mahītale || 94 || {94}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.94 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 (15.94). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Manava, Sarva, Loka, Dharmanusara, Tas, Nihina, Adhi, Ama, Utkrishta, Prabhavanti, Prabhavat, Mahitala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.94). 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 ca mānavāḥ sarve lokā dharmānusārataḥ
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mānavāḥ -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • dharmānusāra -
  • dharmānusāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nihīnamadhyamotkṛṣṭāḥ prabhavanti mahītale || 94 |
  • nihīnam -
  • nihīna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nihīna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nihīnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • adhya -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    adhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dhā (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 2)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 3)
    [aorist middle first single]
    dhā (verb class 4)
    [aorist middle first single]
  • amo -
  • ama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • utkṛṣṭāḥ -
  • utkṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    utkṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prabhavanti -
  • prabhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    prabhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahītale -
  • mahītala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse 94
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