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)

आर्यपुत्र महासाधो तदुपायं प्रकथ्यते ।
कौशांव्यां घोषिरारामे शाक्यसिंहो मुनीश्वरः ॥ ४८ ॥ {४८}

āryaputra mahāsādho tadupāyaṃ prakathyate |
kauśāṃvyāṃ ghoṣirārāme śākyasiṃho munīśvaraḥ || 48 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.48 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 (37.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aryaputra, Mahasadhu, Tad, Tat, Upaya, Pra, Kausha, Vya, Ghoshi, Arama, Shakyasimha, Munishvara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.48). 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: “āryaputra mahāsādho tadupāyaṃ prakathyate
  • āryaputra -
  • āryaputra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāsādho -
  • mahāsādhu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    mahāsādhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upāyam -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upāyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “kauśāṃvyāṃ ghoṣirārāme śākyasiṃho munīśvaraḥ || 48 |
  • kauśāṃ -
  • kauśā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vyā -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ghoṣir -
  • ghoṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ghoṣi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārāme -
  • ārāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śākyasiṃho* -
  • śākyasiṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 48
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