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)

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया भूपा राजपुत्राश्च मंत्रिणः ।
अमात्याः श्रेष्ठिनः पौर गृहाधिपा महाजनाः ॥ ११ ॥ {११}

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā bhūpā rājaputrāśca maṃtriṇaḥ |
amātyāḥ śreṣṭhinaḥ paura gṛhādhipā mahājanāḥ || 11 || {11}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.11 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 (34.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kshatriya, Bhupa, Rajaputra, Mantrin, Mantri, Amatya, Shreshthin, Paura, Grihadhipa, Mahajana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.11). 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: “brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā bhūpā rājaputrāśca maṃtriṇaḥ
  • brāhmaṇāḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kṣatriyā* -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhūpā* -
  • bhūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • rājaputrāś -
  • rājaputra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājaputrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mantriṇaḥ -
  • mantrin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mantrin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mantrī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “amātyāḥ śreṣṭhinaḥ paura gṛhādhipā mahājanāḥ || 11 |
  • amātyāḥ -
  • amātya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śreṣṭhinaḥ -
  • śreṣṭhin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śreṣṭhin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • paura -
  • paura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gṛhādhipā* -
  • gṛhādhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mahājanāḥ -
  • mahājana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    mahājanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 11
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