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)

तदा तत्र जनाः सर्वे त्रिरत्नशरणं गताः ।
सत्कृत्य श्रद्धया नित्यं प्रभेजिरे ऽनुमोदिताः ॥ १८९ ॥ {९०}

tadā tatra janāḥ sarve triratnaśaraṇaṃ gatāḥ |
satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃ prabhejire 'numoditāḥ || 189 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.189 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 (17.189). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tatra, Jana, Sarva, Triratna, Sharana, Gata, Satkritya, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Nityam, Nitya, Prabha, Anumodita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.189). 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: “tadā tatra janāḥ sarve triratnaśaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • janāḥ -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative 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]
  • triratna -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gatāḥ -
  • gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    gatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃ prabhejire 'numoditāḥ || 189 |
  • satkṛtya -
  • satkṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satkṛtya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prabhe -
  • prabha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    prabha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prabhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ījire' -
  • īj (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle third plural]
    yaj (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle third plural]
  • anumoditāḥ -
  • anumodita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    anumoditā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 189
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