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)

श्रावस्त्या निकटे ऽरण्ये जेताश्रमे शुभालये ।
विहारे श्रावकैः सार्द्धं भिक्षुभिश्चैलकैरपि ॥ ६ ॥ {६}

śrāvastyā nikaṭe 'raṇye jetāśrame śubhālaye |
vihāre śrāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhikṣubhiścailakairapi || 6 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.6 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 (17.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shravasti, Nikate, Nikata, Aranya, Jetri, Jeta, Ashrama, Shubha, Shubh, Alaya, Ali, Vihara, Shravaka, Arddha, Bhikshu, Cailaka, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.6). 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: “śrāvastyā nikaṭe 'raṇye jetāśrame śubhālaye
  • śrāvastyā* -
  • śrāvastī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • nikaṭe' -
  • nikaṭe (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nikaṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    nikaṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nikaṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • araṇye -
  • araṇya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    araṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    araṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    raṇ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    raṇ (verb class 10)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    raṇ (verb class 4)
    [imperfect passive first single]
    raṇ (verb class 0)
    [imperfect passive first single]
  • jetā -
  • jeta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jeta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jetṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jetā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ji (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    ji (verb class 9)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • aśrame -
  • aśrama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aśrama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aśramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • śubhā -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • alaye -
  • alaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    alaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    alayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ali (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    lay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • Line 2: “vihāre śrāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhikṣubhiścailakairapi || 6 |
  • vihāre -
  • vihāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative 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]
  • bhikṣubhiś -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cailakair -
  • cailaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Cannot analyse 6
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