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)

बोधिसत्वैर्महासत्वैस्तथान्यैर्बोधिवांछिभिः ।
ब्रह्मदेवासुरेन्द्रैश्च यक्षगंधर्वकिंनरैः ॥ ७ ॥ {७}

bodhisatvairmahāsatvaistathānyairbodhivāṃchibhiḥ |
brahmadevāsurendraiśca yakṣagaṃdharvakiṃnaraiḥ || 7 || {7}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.7 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 (24.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bodhin, Satvan, Mahasatva, Tatha, Vanchin, Brahmadeva, Asurendra, Yaksha, Gandharva, Kimnara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.7). 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: “bodhisatvairmahāsatvaistathānyairbodhivāṃchibhiḥ
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • satvai -
  • satvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    satvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • air -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • mahāsatvais -
  • mahāsatva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    mahāsatva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tathānyai -
  • tatha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • air -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vāñchibhiḥ -
  • vāñchin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vāñchin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “brahmadevāsurendraiśca yakṣagaṃdharvakiṃnaraiḥ || 7 |
  • brahmadevā -
  • brahmadeva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • asurendraiś -
  • asurendra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yakṣa -
  • yakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yakṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • gandharva -
  • gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kiṃnaraiḥ -
  • kiṃnara (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 7
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