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)

भिक्षाहारा निरातंका निःशंका दमितेंद्रियाः ।
निःशेषनिर्जिताविद्याः प्राप्तविद्या विशारदाः ॥ ७१ ॥ {७१}

bhikṣāhārā nirātaṃkā niḥśaṃkā damiteṃdriyāḥ |
niḥśeṣanirjitāvidyāḥ prāptavidyā viśāradāḥ || 71 || {71}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.71 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 (35.71). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhikshahara, Niratanka, Nihshanka, Damitri, Damita, Indriya, Nihshesha, Nirjita, Avidya, Prapta, Vidya, Visharada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.71). 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: “bhikṣāhārā nirātaṃkā niḥśaṃkā damiteṃdriyāḥ
  • bhikṣāhārā* -
  • bhikṣāhāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhikṣāhārā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nirātaṅkā* -
  • nirātaṅka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirātaṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niḥśaṅkā* -
  • niḥśaṅka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niḥśaṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • damite -
  • damita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    damita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dam -> damita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dam]
    dam -> damita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dam]
    damitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    damitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dam -> damita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dam], [locative single from √dam]
    dam -> damita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √dam], [vocative single from √dam], [vocative dual from √dam], [accusative dual from √dam], [locative single from √dam]
    dam -> damitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dam], [nominative dual from √dam], [vocative single from √dam], [vocative dual from √dam], [accusative dual from √dam]
    dam (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    dam (verb class 9)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • indriyāḥ -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “niḥśeṣanirjitāvidyāḥ prāptavidyā viśāradāḥ || 71 |
  • niḥśeṣa -
  • niḥśeṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    niḥśeṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirjitā -
  • nirjita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirjita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirjitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • avidyāḥ -
  • avidya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prāpta -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidyā* -
  • vidyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active second single]
  • viśāradāḥ -
  • viśārada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    viśāradā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 71
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