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)

तेन ते ऽपि महासत्वास्त्रिरत्नोपासका अपि ।
श्रद्धया प्रणतिं तेसां कर्त्तुमर्हन्ति सर्वदा ॥ ५९ ॥ {५९}

tena te 'pi mahāsatvāstriratnopāsakā api |
śraddhayā praṇatiṃ tesāṃ karttumarhanti sarvadā || 59 || {59}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.59 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 (26.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tena, Yushmad, Api, Mahasatva, Triratna, Upasaka, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Pranati, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.59). 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: “tena te 'pi mahāsatvāstriratnopāsakā api
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mahāsatvās -
  • mahāsatva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • triratno -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upāsakā* -
  • upāsaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    upāsakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “śraddhayā praṇatiṃ tesāṃ karttumarhanti sarvadā || 59 |
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • praṇatim -
  • praṇati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tesā -
  • tas (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • karttum -
  • kṛt -> karttum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛt]
    kṛt -> karttum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √kṛt]
  • arhanti -
  • arhat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • sarvadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 59
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