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)

श्राद्धो भद्राशयो दाता शुद्धशीलो विचक्षणः ।
सर्वसत्वहिताधानादासीत्सत्पुरुषोत्तमः ॥ २० ॥ {२०}

śrāddho bhadrāśayo dātā śuddhaśīlo vicakṣaṇaḥ |
sarvasatvahitādhānādāsītsatpuruṣottamaḥ || 20 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.20 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 (18.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shraddha, Bhadra, Ashaya, Ashi, Datri, Data, Shuddhashila, Vicakshana, Sarvasatva, Hita, Adhana, Satpurusha, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.20). 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: “śrāddho bhadrāśayo dātā śuddhaśīlo vicakṣaṇaḥ
  • śrāddho* -
  • śrāddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhadrā -
  • bhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āśayo* -
  • āśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    āśi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • dātā -
  • dātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • śuddhaśīlo* -
  • śuddhaśīla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vicakṣaṇaḥ -
  • vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvasatvahitādhānādāsītsatpuruṣottamaḥ || 20 |
  • sarvasatva -
  • sarvasatva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvasatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • ādhānād -
  • ādhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • āsīt -
  • ās (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single], [injunctive active third single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • satpuruṣo -
  • satpuruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • uttamaḥ -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 20
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