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)

भेदका धर्मसेतूनां ये चासन्मार्गवाहिनः ।
क्षुरधाराचितं मार्गं गत्वा क्रामन्ति ते नराः ॥ १०६ ॥ {६}

bhedakā dharmasetūnāṃ ye cāsanmārgavāhinaḥ |
kṣuradhārācitaṃ mārgaṃ gatvā krāmanti te narāḥ || 106 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.106 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 (28.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhedaka, Dharmasetu, Yah, Yat, Asanmarga, Vahin, Vahi, Kshuradhara, Acit, Acita, Marga, Kramat, Kramanti, Tad, Yushmad, Nara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.106). 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: “bhedakā dharmasetūnāṃ ye cāsanmārgavāhinaḥ
  • bhedakā* -
  • bhedaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhedakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dharmasetūnām -
  • dharmasetu (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asanmārga -
  • asanmārga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asanmārga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāhinaḥ -
  • vāhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vāhin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vāhī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kṣuradhārācitaṃ mārgaṃ gatvā krāmanti te narāḥ || 106 |
  • kṣuradhārā -
  • kṣuradhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣuradhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣuradhārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • acitam -
  • acita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    acita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    acitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    acit (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    acit (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • mārgam -
  • mārga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mārga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mārgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gatvā -
  • gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
  • krāmanti -
  • krāmat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kram -> krāmat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kram class 1 verb]
    kram -> krāmantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kram class 1 verb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 106
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