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)

मारजिन्निर्मलस्वान्तो निर्विकल्पो निरंजनः ।
नाहेत्वप्रत्ययं बुद्धा निर्दैन्या निर्मदोद्धवाः ।
स्मितं चंद्रकराहासं दर्शयन्ति कदाचन ॥ १३९ ॥ {३८}

mārajinnirmalasvānto nirvikalpo niraṃjanaḥ |
nāhetvapratyayaṃ buddhā nirdainyā nirmadoddhavāḥ |
smitaṃ caṃdrakarāhāsaṃ darśayanti kadācana || 139 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.139 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 (15.139). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Marajit, Nirmala, Svanta, Nirvikalpa, Niranjana, Naha, Itvan, Pratyaya, Buddha, Nirdainya, Nirmada, Uddhava, Smita, Candraka, Raha, Asa, Darshayat, Darshayanti, Kada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.139). 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: “mārajinnirmalasvānto nirvikalpo niraṃjanaḥ
  • mārajin -
  • mārajit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • nirmala -
  • nirmala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirmala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svānto* -
  • svānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nirvikalpo* -
  • nirvikalpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nirañjanaḥ -
  • nirañjana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “nāhetvapratyayaṃ buddhā nirdainyā nirmadoddhavāḥ
  • nāhe -
  • nāha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • itva -
  • itvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    itvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • pratyayam -
  • pratyaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • buddhā* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirdainyā* -
  • nirdainya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirdainyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirmado -
  • nirmada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirmada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirmadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uddhavāḥ -
  • uddhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 3: “smitaṃ caṃdrakarāhāsaṃ darśayanti kadācana || 139 |
  • 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]
  • candraka -
  • candraka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    candraka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rāhā -
  • rāha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rāha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsam -
  • āsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    āsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    as -> āsam (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first single]
    āsam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • 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]
  • kadā -
  • kadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kadā (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    kad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • acana* -
  • Cannot analyse 139
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