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)

निष्क्रामतारभध्वं तद् युज्यध्वं बुद्धशासने ।
धुनीत मृत्युसैन्यानि चरत सौगतं व्रतं ॥ १६१ ॥ {४७}

niṣkrāmatārabhadhvaṃ tad yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane |
dhunīta mṛtyusainyāni carata saugataṃ vrataṃ || 161 || {47}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.161 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 (26.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Buddhashasana, Sainya, Saugata, Vrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.161). 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: “niṣkrāmatārabhadhvaṃ tad yujyadhvaṃ buddhaśāsane
  • Cannot analyse niṣkrāmatārabhadhvam*ta
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yujyadhvam -
  • yuj (verb class 7)
    [imperative passive second plural]
  • buddhaśāsane -
  • buddhaśāsana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    buddhaśāsana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “dhunīta mṛtyusainyāni carata saugataṃ vrataṃ || 161 |
  • dhunīta -
  • dhū (verb class 9)
    [optative middle third single], [imperative active second plural]
  • mṛtyu -
  • mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sainyāni -
  • sainya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • carata -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • saugatam -
  • saugata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saugata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 161
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