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)

तद्भूयो ऽपि भवानेतदर्थं सम्यक्सुविस्तरं ।
अस्मच्चेतं प्रबोधार्थं समुपादेष्टुमर्हति ॥ १८१ ॥ {७०}

tadbhūyo 'pi bhavānetadarthaṃ samyaksuvistaraṃ |
asmaccetaṃ prabodhārthaṃ samupādeṣṭumarhati || 181 || {70}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.181 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 (20.181). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Bhuyah, Bhuyas, Api, Bhava, Bhavant, Etadartham, Samyak, Suvistara, Asmad, Ceta, Prabodha, Artha, Upadi, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.181). 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: “tadbhūyo 'pi bhavānetadarthaṃ samyaksuvistaraṃ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhūyo' -
  • bhūyaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    bhūyas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhūyas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • etadartham -
  • etadartham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • samyak -
  • samyak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • suvistaram -
  • suvistara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvistara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suvistarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “asmaccetaṃ prabodhārthaṃ samupādeṣṭumarhati || 181 |
  • asmac -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative plural]
  • cetam -
  • ceta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ceta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cetā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prabodhā -
  • prabodha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upādeṣ -
  • upādi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    upādi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ṭum -
  • ṭu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 181
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