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)

शृण्वानंद यदर्थे ऽहं स्मितं मुञ्चामि सांप्रतं ।
तदर्थं संप्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वसत्वप्रबोधने ॥ १७५ ॥ {६१}

śṛṇvānaṃda yadarthe 'haṃ smitaṃ muñcāmi sāṃprataṃ |
tadarthaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi sarvasatvaprabodhane || 175 || {61}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.175 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 (26.175). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ananda, Yadartha, Aha, Asmad, Smita, Sampratam, Samprata, Tadartha, Sarvasatva, Prabodhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.175). 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: “śṛṇvānaṃda yadarthe 'haṃ smitaṃ muñcāmi sāṃprataṃ
  • śṛṇvā -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ānanda -
  • ānanda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ānanda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yadarthe' -
  • yadartha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yadartha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • smitam -
  • smita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    smita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    smitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    smi -> smita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
    smi -> smita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √smi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smi class 1 verb]
  • muñcāmi -
  • muc (verb class 6)
    [present active first single]
    muñc (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • sāmpratam -
  • sāmpratam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sāmprata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmprata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sāmpratā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tadarthaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi sarvasatvaprabodhane || 175 |
  • tadartham -
  • tadartha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tadartha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sampra -
  • sampra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vakṣyāmi -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [future active first single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [future active first single]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [future active first single]
  • sarvasatva -
  • sarvasatva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvasatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabodhane -
  • prabodhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prabodhana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prabodhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 175
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