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)

दीपदानेन चक्षुष्मान् वाद्यदानेन सुस्वरः ।
शयनासनदानेन सुखी भवति मानवः ॥ १४८ ॥ {१४}

dīpadānena cakṣuṣmān vādyadānena susvaraḥ |
śayanāsanadānena sukhī bhavati mānavaḥ || 148 || {14}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.148 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 (28.148). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dipadana, Cakshushmat, Vadi, Vadin, Vadya, Adana, Susvara, Shayanasana, Dana, Sukhi, Sukhin, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Manava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.148). 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: “dīpadānena cakṣuṣmān vādyadānena susvaraḥ
  • dīpadānena -
  • dīpadāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • cakṣuṣmān -
  • cakṣuṣmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vādya -
  • vādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vad]
    vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vad]
    vad -> vādya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vad]
    vādī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    vādī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vādī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vad -> vādya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad]
    vad -> vādya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vad]
  • adānena -
  • adāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    adāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • susvaraḥ -
  • susvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śayanāsanadānena sukhī bhavati mānavaḥ || 148 |
  • śayanāsana -
  • śayanāsana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dānena -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sukhī -
  • sukhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sukhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sukhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • mānavaḥ -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 148
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