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)

तदत्र भगवाञ्च्छास्ता बोधयंस्तौ नराधिपौ ।
संबोधिमार्गमादिश्य शुभे चारयितुमर्हति ॥ ४२ ॥ {४२}

tadatra bhagavāñcchāstā bodhayaṃstau narādhipau |
saṃbodhimārgamādiśya śubhe cārayitumarhati || 42 || {42}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.42 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 (28.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tra, Bhaga, Yushmad, Ccha, Tas, Bodhayat, Naradhipa, Sambodhi, Arga, Adishya, Shubha, Shubh, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.42). 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: “tadatra bhagavāñcchāstā bodhayaṃstau narādhipau
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhaga -
  • bhaga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhaga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāñ -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • cchās -
  • ccha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tā* -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bodhayaṃs -
  • budh -> bodhayat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √budh], [vocative single from √budh]
  • tau -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • narādhipau -
  • narādhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “saṃbodhimārgamādiśya śubhe cārayitumarhati || 42 |
  • sambodhim -
  • sambodhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    sambodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • argam -
  • arga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ādiśya -
  • ādiśya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śubhe -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • cārayitum -
  • car -> cārayitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √car]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 42
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