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)

शृणुष्व देवते धर्ममिहामुत्र शुभाप्तये ।
धर्मेण रक्षिता लोके सर्वत्रापि सुखी भवेत् ॥ १६६ ॥ {६५}

śṛṇuṣva devate dharmamihāmutra śubhāptaye |
dharmeṇa rakṣitā loke sarvatrāpi sukhī bhavet || 166 || {65}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.166 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 (32.166). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devata, Dharma, Ihamutra, Shubha, Shubh, Apti, Dharmena, Rakshita, Loka, Sarvatrapi, Sukhi, Sukhin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.166). 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: “śṛṇuṣva devate dharmamihāmutra śubhāptaye
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ṣva -
  • devate -
  • devatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    devata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    devata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    div (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ihāmutra -
  • ihāmutra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śubhā -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • āptaye -
  • āpti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “dharmeṇa rakṣitā loke sarvatrāpi sukhī bhavet || 166 |
  • dharmeṇa -
  • dharmeṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • rakṣitā* -
  • rakṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rakṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ], [accusative plural from √rakṣ]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • sarvatrāpi -
  • sarvatrāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sarvatrāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sukhī -
  • sukhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sukhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sukhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 166
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