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)

धर्मे ऽनाश्वसितानं च सादाश्वासयितापि वै ।
अदृष्टबोधिमार्गानां दर्शयिता भवेय हि ॥ ८४ ॥ {८१}

dharme 'nāśvasitānaṃ ca sādāśvāsayitāpi vai |
adṛṣṭabodhimārgānāṃ darśayitā bhaveya hi || 84 || {81}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.84 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 (27.84). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Anashu, Asita, Sada, Ashu, Ashva, Api, Adrishta, Bodhimarga, Darshayitri, Bhava, Bhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.84). 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: “dharme 'nāśvasitānaṃ ca sādāśvāsayitāpi vai
  • dharme' -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • anāśva -
  • anāśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anāśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anāśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • asitān -
  • asita (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādā -
  • sāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āśvā -
  • āśu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    āśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    āśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    āśva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āśva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsayitā -
  • ās (verb class 0)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    as (verb class 0)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • Line 2: “adṛṣṭabodhimārgānāṃ darśayitā bhaveya hi || 84 |
  • adṛṣṭa -
  • adṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛś (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle third single]
  • bodhimārgān -
  • bodhimārga (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • darśayitā -
  • darśayitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    dṛś (verb class 0)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • bhave -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhu (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    bhu (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • iya -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Cannot analyse 84
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