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)

Verse 17.177

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नानारूपधराः सर्वे सत्वार्थसाधनोद्यताः ।
सद्धर्मं समुपादिश्य पालयन्ति जगत्त्रयं ॥ १७७ ॥ {७८}

nānārūpadharāḥ sarve satvārthasādhanodyatāḥ |
saddharmaṃ samupādiśya pālayanti jagattrayaṃ || 177 || {78}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.177 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 (17.177). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nanarupadhara, Sarva, Satvartha, Sadhana, Udyata, Saddharma, Upadi, Palayat, Palayanti, Jagattraya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.177). 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: “nānārūpadharāḥ sarve satvārthasādhanodyatāḥ ”
nānārūpadharāḥ -
nānārūpadhara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
sarve -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
satvārtha -
satvārtha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

satvārtha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sādhano -
sādhana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sādhana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sādhanā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
udyatāḥ -
udyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

udyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “saddharmaṃ samupādiśya pālayanti jagattrayaṃ || 177 |”
saddharmam -
saddharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
upādi -
upādi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

upādi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

upādi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
śya -
√śā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
pālayanti -
√pā -> pālayantī (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √pā]

√pāl -> pālayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]

√pāl -> pālayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √pāl class 10 verb]

√pā -> pālayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √pā], [vocative plural from √pā], [accusative plural from √pā]

√pā -> pālayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √pā]

√pāl (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]

√pā (verb class 0)

[present active third plural]
jagattrayam -
jagattraya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Cannot analyse 177

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021