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)

संसारलाभसत्कारनिःस्पृहा सर्वदेहिनां ।
स देवासुरलोकानां वंद्या पूज्याभवत्सती ॥ २३१ ॥ {३१}

saṃsāralābhasatkāraniḥspṛhā sarvadehināṃ |
sa devāsuralokānāṃ vaṃdyā pūjyābhavatsatī || 231 || {31}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.231 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 (33.231). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samsara, Labhasatkara, Nihspriha, Sarvadehin, Devasura, Loka, Vandya, Vandi, Pujya, Sat, Sati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.231). 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: “saṃsāralābhasatkāraniḥspṛhā sarvadehināṃ
  • saṃsāra -
  • saṃsāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lābhasatkāra -
  • lābhasatkāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lābhasatkāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • niḥspṛhā -
  • niḥspṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvadehinām -
  • sarvadehin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarvadehin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “sa devāsuralokānāṃ vaṃdyā pūjyābhavatsatī || 231 |
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • devāsura -
  • devāsura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devāsura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lokānām -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vandyā -
  • vandyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vand -> vandyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √vand class 1 verb]
    vandī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    vandī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pūjyā -
  • pūjya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūjya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pūj -> pūjya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pūj]
    pūj -> pūjya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pūj]
    pūjyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pūj -> pūjya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūj -> pūjya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
    pūj -> pūjyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pūj class 10 verb]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • satī -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 231
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