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)

धन्यास्ते श्रावकाः सर्वे भिक्षवो भद्रिकाशिकाः ।
शांतेंद्रियाः समाचारा अर्हन्तो ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥ ५२ ॥ {५२}

dhanyāste śrāvakāḥ sarve bhikṣavo bhadrikāśikāḥ |
śāṃteṃdriyāḥ samācārā arhanto brahmacāriṇaḥ || 52 || {52}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.52 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 (35.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanya, Dhani, Tad, Yushmad, Shravaka, Sarva, Bhikshu, Bhadrika, Ashin, Shanta, Shanti, Indriya, Samacara, Arhanta, Arhat, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.52). 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: “dhanyāste śrāvakāḥ sarve bhikṣavo bhadrikāśikāḥ
  • dhanyās -
  • dhanya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhanyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dhanī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • śrāvakāḥ -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhikṣavo* -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • bhadrikā -
  • bhadrika (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhadrikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśi -
  • aśin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    aśin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kāḥ -
  • kās (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “śāṃteṃdriyāḥ samācārā arhanto brahmacāriṇaḥ || 52 |
  • śānte -
  • śānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    śānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    śāntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śānti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    śānti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    śam -> śānta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [locative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb], [locative single from √śam class 9 verb]
    śam -> śānta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [locative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [locative single from √śam class 9 verb]
    śam -> śāntā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 4 verb], [nominative single from √śam class 9 verb], [nominative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative single from √śam class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √śam class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √śam class 9 verb]
  • indriyāḥ -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • samācārā* -
  • samācāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samācārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • arhanto* -
  • arhanta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    arhat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • brahmacāriṇaḥ -
  • brahmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmacārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 52
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