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)

तत्र स भगवान्प्रातः ससंघः सौगताश्रमे ।
सभामध्यासनासीनः सद्धर्मं समुपादिशत् ॥ ४८ ॥ {४८}

tatra sa bhagavānprātaḥ sasaṃghaḥ saugatāśrame |
sabhāmadhyāsanāsīnaḥ saddharmaṃ samupādiśat || 48 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.48 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 (28.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Bhagavat, Prata, Prat, Sangha, Saugata, Ashrama, Sabhamadhya, Asanasina, Saddharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.48). 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: “tatra sa bhagavānprātaḥ sasaṃghaḥ saugatāśrame
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhagavān -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prātaḥ -
  • prāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prā -> prāt (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √prā class 2 verb], [ablative single from √prā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √prā class 2 verb]
    prā -> prāt (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √prā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √prā class 2 verb]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṅghaḥ -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saugatā -
  • saugata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saugata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśrame -
  • aśrama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    aśrama (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aśramā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “sabhāmadhyāsanāsīnaḥ saddharmaṃ samupādiśat || 48 |
  • sabhāmadhyā -
  • sabhāmadhya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabhāmadhya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsanāsīnaḥ -
  • āsanāsīna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saddharmam -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • adiśat -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 48
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