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)

तदस्मै धर्मराजाय बुद्धाय सर्वतायिने ।
जगच्छास्त्रे मुनीन्द्राय दद्यां काष्ठमिदं न्वहं ॥ २४ ॥ {२४}

tadasmai dharmarājāya buddhāya sarvatāyine |
jagacchāstre munīndrāya dadyāṃ kāṣṭhamidaṃ nvahaṃ || 24 || {24}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.24 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 (34.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Dharmaraja, Buddha, Sarvata, Ayin, Jagat, Shastri, Shastra, Munindra, Dadi, Kashtham, Kashtha, Idam, Aha, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 34.24). 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: “tadasmai dharmarājāya buddhāya sarvatāyine
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smai -
  • dharmarājāya -
  • dharmarāja (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • buddhāya -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    buddha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • sarvatā -
  • sarvata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ayine -
  • ayin (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ayin (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • Line 2: “jagacchāstre munīndrāya dadyāṃ kāṣṭhamidaṃ nvahaṃ || 24 |
  • jagacch -
  • jagat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jagat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śāstre -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śāstra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • munīndrāya -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • dadyām -
  • dadi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 3)
    [optative active first single]
  • kāṣṭham -
  • kāṣṭham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāṣṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • idam -
  • idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nva -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 24
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