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)

तां बुद्धप्रमुखान् सर्वान् सांघिकान् स्वासनाश्रितान् ।
दृष्ट्वा ते मुदिता सर्वे सामानर्चुर्यथाक्रमं ॥ १४० ॥ {२९}

tāṃ buddhapramukhān sarvān sāṃghikān svāsanāśritān |
dṛṣṭvā te muditā sarve sāmānarcuryathākramaṃ || 140 || {29}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.140 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 (20.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddha, Pramukha, Sarva, Sanghika, Svasana, Ashrita, Tad, Yushmad, Mudita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.140). 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: “tāṃ buddhapramukhān sarvān sāṃghikān svāsanāśritān
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pramukhān -
  • pramukha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sāṅghikān -
  • sāṅghika (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • svāsanā -
  • svāsana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśritān -
  • aśrita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā te muditā sarve sāmānarcuryathākramaṃ || 140 |
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • muditā -
  • muditā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mud -> muditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> muditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 10 verb]
  • 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]
  • Cannot analyse sāmānarcuryathākramam*14
  • Cannot analyse 140
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