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)

भिक्षुभिः श्रावकैः सार्द्धं भिक्षुणीभिश्च चेलकैः ।
उपासकगणैश्चापि तथा चोपासिकागणैः ॥ ६ ॥ {६}

bhikṣubhiḥ śrāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhikṣuṇībhiśca celakaiḥ |
upāsakagaṇaiścāpi tathā copāsikāgaṇaiḥ || 6 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.6 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 (25.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhikshu, Shravaka, Arddha, Bhikshuni, Celaka, Upasaka, Gana, Capin, Capi, Tatha, Asika, Aga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.6). 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: “bhikṣubhiḥ śrāvakaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhikṣuṇībhiśca celakaiḥ
  • bhikṣubhiḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śrāvakaiḥ -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śrāvaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhikṣuṇībhiś -
  • bhikṣuṇī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • celakaiḥ -
  • celaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    celaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “upāsakagaṇaiścāpi tathā copāsikāgaṇaiḥ || 6 |
  • upāsaka -
  • upāsaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upāsaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gaṇaiś -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • copā -
  • cup (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asikā -
  • asika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asika (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aga -
  • aga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ag (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṇaiḥ -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 6
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