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)

नास्ति बुद्धसमः कश्चित्सर्वसत्वहितंकरः ।
तेन ब्रह्मादिदेवैः स वंदनीयो मुनीश्वरः ॥ ७० ॥ {७०}

nāsti buddhasamaḥ kaścitsarvasatvahitaṃkaraḥ |
tena brahmādidevaiḥ sa vaṃdanīyo munīśvaraḥ || 70 || {70}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.70 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 (26.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasti, Buddha, Sama, Kah, Cit, Sarvasatva, Tanka, Tad, Tena, Brahmadi, Deva, Vandaniya, Munishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.70). 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: “nāsti buddhasamaḥ kaścitsarvasatvahitaṃkaraḥ
  • nāsti -
  • nāsti (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • buddha -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samaḥ -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvasatva -
  • sarvasatva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvasatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • taṅka -
  • taṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taṅka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    taṅk (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • raḥ -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tena brahmādidevaiḥ sa vaṃdanīyo munīśvaraḥ || 70 |
  • 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]
  • brahmādi -
  • brahmādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    brahmādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    brahmādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • devaiḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vandanīyo* -
  • vandanīya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vand -> vandanīya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vand class 1 verb]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 70
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