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)

तदस्माकं मनान्स्यत्र भगवाञ्छास्ता यतः स्थितः ।
तत्सत्यं समुपादिश्य प्रबोधयितुमर्हति ॥ ५१ ॥ {५०}

tadasmākaṃ manānsyatra bhagavāñchāstā yataḥ sthitaḥ |
tatsatyaṃ samupādiśya prabodhayitumarhati || 51 || {50}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.51 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 (29.51). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Sma, Sman, Aka, Mana, Syat, Bhagavat, Shasta, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Sthita, Tatsad, Yah, Upadi, Pra, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.51). 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: “tadasmākaṃ manānsyatra bhagavāñchāstā yataḥ sthitaḥ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smā -
  • sma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    smā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • akam -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • manān -
  • mana (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • syat -
  • -> syat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 4 verb], [vocative single from √ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhagavāñch -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śāstā* -
  • śās -> śāsta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
  • yataḥ -
  • yataḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    yata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]
    yam -> yata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
  • sthitaḥ -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “tatsatyaṃ samupādiśya prabodhayitumarhati || 51 |
  • tatsat -
  • tatsad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tatsad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upādi -
  • upādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    upādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    upādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śya -
  • śā (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bodhayitum -
  • budh -> bodhayitum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √budh]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 51
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