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)

विहृत्य सर्वसत्वानां हितार्थेन सभाश्रितः ।
आदिमध्यान्ताकल्याणं धर्ममादेष्टुमारभत् ॥ ९ ॥ {९}

vihṛtya sarvasatvānāṃ hitārthena sabhāśritaḥ |
ādimadhyāntākalyāṇaṃ dharmamādeṣṭumārabhat || 9 || {9}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.9 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 (16.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vihritya, Sarvasatva, Hita, Artha, Sabha, Ashrita, Adima, Dha, Dhi, Dhya, Anta, Akalyana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.9). 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: “vihṛtya sarvasatvānāṃ hitārthena sabhāśritaḥ
  • vihṛtya -
  • vihṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vihṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvasatvānām -
  • sarvasatva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarvasatva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • arthena -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sabhā -
  • sabha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśritaḥ -
  • aśrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ādimadhyāntākalyāṇaṃ dharmamādeṣṭumārabhat || 9 |
  • ādima -
  • ādima (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ādima (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first plural]
  • dhyā -
  • dhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āntā -
  • ānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akalyāṇam -
  • akalyāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akalyāṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akalyāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse dharmamādeṣṭumārabhat*9*
  • Cannot analyse 9
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