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 स भगवान्दृष्ट्वा सर्वान्स्तान् समुपस्थितान् ।
आर्यसत्यं समारभ्य दिदेश धर्ममुत्तमं ॥ ३८ ॥ {३८}

tadā sa bhagavāndṛṣṭvā sarvānstān samupasthitān |
āryasatyaṃ samārabhya dideśa dharmamuttamaṃ || 38 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 22.38 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 (22.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Bhagavat, Sarva, Stri, Samupasthita, Aryasatya, Samarabhya, Dharma, Uttamam, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 22.38). 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 sa bhagavāndṛṣṭvā sarvānstān samupasthitān
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • sarvān -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • stā -
  • stṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • an -
  • samupasthitān -
  • samupasthita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “āryasatyaṃ samārabhya dideśa dharmamuttamaṃ || 38 |
  • āryasatyam -
  • āryasatya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samārabhya -
  • samārabhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samārabhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dideśa -
  • diś (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    diś (verb class 6)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • uttamam -
  • uttamam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    uttama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uttama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 38
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