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)

श्रावकैर्भिक्षुभिः सार्द्धं भिक्षुणीभिरुपासकैः ।
उपासिकागणैश्चापि चैलकैश्चापि तीर्थिकं ॥ ६ ॥ {६}

śrāvakairbhikṣubhiḥ sārddhaṃ bhikṣuṇībhirupāsakaiḥ |
upāsikāgaṇaiścāpi cailakaiścāpi tīrthikaṃ || 6 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.6 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 (34.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shravaka, Bhikshu, Arddha, Bhikshuni, Upasaka, Upasika, Gana, Capin, Capi, Cailaka, Tirthika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.6). 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: “śrāvakairbhikṣubhiḥ sārddhaṃ bhikṣuṇībhirupāsakaiḥ
  • śrāvakair -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śrāvaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhikṣubhiḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhikṣuṇībhir -
  • bhikṣuṇī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • upāsakaiḥ -
  • upāsaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    upāsaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “upāsikāgaṇaiścāpi cailakaiścāpi tīrthikaṃ || 6 |
  • upāsikā -
  • upāsikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • gaṇaiś -
  • gaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cailakaiś -
  • cailaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tīrthikam -
  • tīrthika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 6
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