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)

दक्षिणादेशनाप्यस्मन्नाम्ना बुद्धादिसांघिकैः ।
भवता कारयितव्या इत्यस्मासु कृपां कुरु ॥ ३९ ॥ {३९}

dakṣiṇādeśanāpyasmannāmnā buddhādisāṃghikaiḥ |
bhavatā kārayitavyā ityasmāsu kṛpāṃ kuru || 39 || {39}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.39 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 (16.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dakshinadeshana, Api, Apya, Asmad, Namna, Naman, Buddha, Sanghika, Bhavat, Bhavant, Karayitavya, Iti, Itya, Krip, Kripa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.39). 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: “dakṣiṇādeśanāpyasmannāmnā buddhādisāṃghikaiḥ
  • dakṣiṇādeśanā -
  • dakṣiṇādeśana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dakṣiṇādeśanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • asman -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative plural]
  • nāmnā -
  • nāmnā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • buddhā -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adi -
  • ad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sāṅghikaiḥ -
  • sāṅghika (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sāṅghika (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “bhavatā kārayitavyā ityasmāsu kṛpāṃ kuru || 39 |
  • bhavatā -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kārayitavyā* -
  • kārayitavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kārayitavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kārayitavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārayitavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ], [vocative plural from √kṛ], [accusative plural from √kṛ]
  • itya -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> itya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • asmāsu -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [locative plural]
  • kṛpām -
  • kṛp (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    kṛpā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • kuru -
  • kuru (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kuru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Cannot analyse 39
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