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)

साधो यज्जायते आत्माभैः शोभयति पुरं ततः ।
शोभित इति नामास्य भवतु प्रथितं भुवि ॥ १७ ॥ {१७}

sādho yajjāyate ātmābhaiḥ śobhayati puraṃ tataḥ |
śobhita iti nāmāsya bhavatu prathitaṃ bhuvi || 17 || {17}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.17 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 (35.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Atma, Abha, Shobhayat, Pur, Pura, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Shobhita, Iti, Naman, Idam, Prathita, Bhu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.17). 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: “sādho yajjāyate ātmābhaiḥ śobhayati puraṃ tataḥ
  • sādho* -
  • Cannot analyse yajjāyate*āt
  • ātmā -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    ātmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ābhaiḥ -
  • ābha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ābha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • śobhayati -
  • śubh -> śobhayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √śubh]
    śubh -> śobhayat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √śubh]
    śubh (verb class 0)
    [present active third single]
  • puram -
  • pura (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pura (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Line 2: “śobhita iti nāmāsya bhavatu prathitaṃ bhuvi || 17 |
  • śobhita* -
  • śobhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh -> śobhita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śubh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śubh class 6 verb], [nominative single from √śubh]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • nāmā -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhavatu -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third single]
  • prathitam -
  • prathita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prathita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prathitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prath -> prathita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √prath]
    prath -> prathita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √prath]
    prath -> prathitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √prath]
    prath -> prathita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √prath class 1 verb], [accusative single from √prath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √prath]
    prath -> prathita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √prath class 1 verb], [accusative single from √prath class 1 verb], [nominative single from √prath class 10 verb], [accusative single from √prath class 10 verb], [nominative single from √prath], [accusative single from √prath]
  • bhuvi -
  • bhū (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhū (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • Cannot analyse 17
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