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)

तद्यथा भगवाच्छास्ता शाक्यसिंहो मुनीश्वरः ।
सर्वज्ञो ऽर्हञ्जगन्नाथो धर्मराजस्तथागतः ॥ ५ ॥ {५}

tadyathā bhagavācchāstā śākyasiṃho munīśvaraḥ |
sarvajño 'rhañjagannātho dharmarājastathāgataḥ || 5 || {5}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.5 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 (35.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Yatha, Bhagavan, Accha, Tan, Shakyasimha, Munishvara, Sarvajna, Arhat, Jagannatha, Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Tathagata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.5). 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: “tadyathā bhagavācchāstā śākyasiṃho munīśvaraḥ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhagavā -
  • bhagavan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    bhagavan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • acchās -
  • accha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    acchā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śākyasiṃho* -
  • śākyasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvajño 'rhañjagannātho dharmarājastathāgataḥ || 5 |
  • sarvajño' -
  • sarvajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arhañ -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • jagannātho* -
  • jagannātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmarājas -
  • dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dharmarāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathāgataḥ -
  • tathāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 5
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