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)

तदत्र श्रद्धया राज त्रिरत्ने संप्रसन्नधीः ।
सत्कारैः समुपाश्रित्य भज नित्यं समादरात् ॥ १७९ ॥ {८८}

tadatra śraddhayā rāja triratne saṃprasannadhīḥ |
satkāraiḥ samupāśritya bhaja nityaṃ samādarāt || 179 || {88}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.179 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 (25.179). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tra, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Raja, Triratna, Samprasanna, Dhi, Satkara, Upa, Ashritya, Nityam, Nitya, Samadara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.179). 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: “tadatra śraddhayā rāja triratne saṃprasannadhīḥ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • rāja -
  • rāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    rāj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • triratne -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • samprasanna -
  • samprasanna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samprasanna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhīḥ -
  • dhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “satkāraiḥ samupāśritya bhaja nityaṃ samādarāt || 179 |
  • satkāraiḥ -
  • satkāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upā -
  • upā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • āśritya -
  • āśritya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśritya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āśritya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaja -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samādarāt -
  • samādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 179
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