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)

सौम्येन्द्रिया सुभद्रंगा वृद्धापि सा कचंगला ।
भिक्षुणीगणमध्यस्था शान्तरूपात्यशोभत ॥ १२७ ॥ {२६}

saumyendriyā subhadraṃgā vṛddhāpi sā kacaṃgalā |
bhikṣuṇīgaṇamadhyasthā śāntarūpātyaśobhata || 127 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.127 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 (17.127). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saumi, Saumya, Indriya, Subhat, Ranga, Vriddha, Api, Kacangala, Bhikshuni, Bhikshu, Gana, Shantarupa, Yasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.127). 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: “saumyendriyā subhadraṃgā vṛddhāpi kacaṃgalā
  • saumye -
  • saumya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    saumya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    saumī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    saumyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • indriyā -
  • indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • subhad -
  • subh -> subhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √subh class 6 verb], [vocative single from √subh class 6 verb], [accusative single from √subh class 6 verb]
  • raṅgā* -
  • raṅga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    raṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vṛddhā -
  • vṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kacaṅgalā -
  • kacaṅgalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhikṣuṇīgaṇamadhyasthā śāntarūpātyaśobhata || 127 |
  • bhikṣuṇī -
  • bhikṣuṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gaṇam -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • adhyasthā -
  • śāntarūpāt -
  • śāntarūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śāntarūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • yaśo -
  • yaśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yaśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ubha -
  • ubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    ubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound]
  • ta* -
  • Cannot analyse 127
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