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)

भिक्षुबिः श्रावकैः सार्द्धं चैलकैर्भिक्षुणीगणैः ।
उपासकैर्महाश्राद्धैस्तथा चोपासिकागणैः ॥ ६ ॥ {६}

bhikṣubiḥ śrāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ cailakairbhikṣuṇīgaṇaiḥ |
upāsakairmahāśrāddhaistathā copāsikāgaṇaiḥ || 6 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.6 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 (16.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bha, Kshubh, Shravaka, Arddha, Cailaka, Bhikshuni, Bhikshu, Gana, Upasaka, Mah, Maha, Ashraddha, Tatha, Asika, Aga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.6). 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: “bhikṣubiḥ śrāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ cailakairbhikṣuṇīgaṇaiḥ
  • bhi -
  • bhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    bhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kṣub -
  • kṣubh (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iḥ -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrāvakaiḥ -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śrāvaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cailakair -
  • cailaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhikṣuṇī -
  • bhikṣuṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gaṇaiḥ -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “upāsakairmahāśrāddhaistathā copāsikāgaṇaiḥ || 6 |
  • upāsakair -
  • upāsaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    upāsaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • mahā -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    maha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aśrāddhais -
  • aśrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    aśrāddha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • copā -
  • cup (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asikā -
  • asika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aga -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṇaiḥ -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 6
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