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)

सद्धर्मं समुपाश्रित्य चर नित्यं सदा शुभे ।
लोकाश्चापि महाराज बोधयित्वा प्रयत्नतः ।
त्रिरत्नशरणे स्थाप्य पालनीयाः सदा त्वया ॥ १९६ ॥ {५}

saddharmaṃ samupāśritya cara nityaṃ sadā śubhe |
lokāścāpi mahārāja bodhayitvā prayatnataḥ |
triratnaśaraṇe sthāpya pālanīyāḥ sadā tvayā || 196 || {5}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.196 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 (25.196). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Saddharma, Upa, Ashritya, Cara, Nityam, Nitya, Sada, Sad, Shubha, Shubh, Loka, Capin, Capi, Maharaja, Maharajan, Bodhayitva, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas, Triratna, Sharana, Sharani, Sthapya, Palaniya, Tva, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.196). 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: “saddharmaṃ samupāśritya cara nityaṃ sadā śubhe
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • cara -
  • cara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    car (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]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śubhe -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • Line 2: “lokāścāpi mahārāja bodhayitvā prayatnataḥ
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative 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]
  • mahārāja -
  • mahārāja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahārājan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahārājan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bodhayitvā -
  • budh -> bodhayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √budh]
    bodhayitvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prayatnataḥ -
  • prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prayatnatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 3: “triratnaśaraṇe sthāpya pālanīyāḥ sadā tvayā || 196 |
  • triratna -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śaraṇe -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śaraṇi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • sthāpya -
  • sthāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sthā]
    sthā -> sthāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sthā]
  • pālanīyāḥ -
  • pālanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pālanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pāl -> pālanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]
    pāl -> pālanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]
    -> pālanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √], [vocative plural from √]
    -> pālanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √], [vocative plural from √], [accusative plural from √]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse 196
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