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)

भगवं नाथ सर्वज्ञ ते जाम्बूद्वीपिका नराः ।
भवन्तं द्रष्टुमिछन्ति सद्धर्मामृतलालसाः ॥ ६३ ॥ {६२}

bhagavaṃ nātha sarvajña te jāmbūdvīpikā narāḥ |
bhavantaṃ draṣṭumichanti saddharmāmṛtalālasāḥ || 63 || {62}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.63 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 (29.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Natha, Sarvajna, Tad, Yushmad, Ambu, Dvipika, Nara, Bhavanta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Dra, Michat, Michanti, Saddharma, Amrita, Lalasa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.63). 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: “bhagavaṃ nātha sarvajña te jāmbūdvīpikā narāḥ
  • bhagavam -
  • bhagavan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    bhagavan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • nātha -
  • nātha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nātha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nāth (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sarvajña -
  • sarvajña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvajña (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ambū -
  • ambu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ambu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dvīpikā* -
  • dvīpikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • narāḥ -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “bhavantaṃ draṣṭumichanti saddharmāmṛtalālasāḥ || 63 |
  • bhavantam -
  • bhavanta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • draṣ -
  • dra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭu -
  • ṭu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • michanti -
  • mich -> michat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √mich class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mich class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √mich class 6 verb]
    mich -> michantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √mich class 6 verb]
    mich (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
  • saddharmā -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • amṛta -
  • amṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    amṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛ (verb class 1)
    [aorist middle third single]
    mṛ (verb class 6)
    [aorist middle third single]
  • lālasāḥ -
  • lālasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    lālasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 63
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