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)

तद्धर्मदेशनां श्रोतुं सर्वे लोकाः समागताः ।
ब्रह्मशक्रादयो देवा लोकपालाश्च दानवाः ॥ ५१ ॥ {४१}

taddharmadeśanāṃ śrotuṃ sarve lokāḥ samāgatāḥ |
brahmaśakrādayo devā lokapālāśca dānavāḥ || 51 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.51 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 (20.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Taddharma, Taddharman, Deshana, Shrotu, Sarva, Loka, Samagata, Brahma, Brahman, Shakra, Aya, Ayas, Deva, Lokapala, Danava, Danavar,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.51). 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: “taddharmadeśanāṃ śrotuṃ sarve lokāḥ samāgatāḥ
  • taddharma -
  • taddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taddharma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taddharman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    taddharman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • deśanām -
  • deśanā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śrotum -
  • śru -> śrotum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √śru]
    śrotu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • lokāḥ -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • samāgatāḥ -
  • samāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “brahmaśakrādayo devā lokapālāśca dānavāḥ || 51 |
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • śakrād -
  • śakra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ayo* -
  • ayas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • devā* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • lokapālāś -
  • lokapāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    lokapālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dānavāḥ -
  • dānavār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dānava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 51
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