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)

सत्कायदृष्टिभूमीध्रं विंशतिशिखरोद्गतं ।
निर्भिद्य ज्ञानवज्रेण दृष्टसत्यप्रबोधिता ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

satkāyadṛṣṭibhūmīdhraṃ viṃśatiśikharodgataṃ |
nirbhidya jñānavajreṇa dṛṣṭasatyaprabodhitā || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.38 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 (17.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhumi, Dhra, Shikhara, Udgata, Nirbhi, Jnanavajra, Drishta, Satya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.38). 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: “satkāyadṛṣṭibhūmīdhraṃ viṃśatiśikharodgataṃ
  • satkāyadṛṣṭi -
  • satkāyadṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhūmī -
  • bhūmī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bhūmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhūmi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhūmi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dhram -
  • dhra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • viṃśati -
  • viṃśati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    viṃśati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śikharo -
  • śikhara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śikhara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śikharā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udgatam -
  • udgata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udgata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    udgatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “nirbhidya jñānavajreṇa dṛṣṭasatyaprabodhitā || 38 |
  • nirbhi -
  • nirbhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    nirbhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nirbhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • dya -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • jñānavajreṇa -
  • jñānavajra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • dṛṣṭa -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • satya -
  • satya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    satya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabodhitā* -
  • Cannot analyse 38
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