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)

इति भार्योदितं श्रुत्वा स धर्मध्वज आदरात् ।
सद्गुरुं समुपाराध्य नत्वेवं प्रार्थयन्मुदा ॥ १२८ ॥ {२८}

iti bhāryoditaṃ śrutvā sa dharmadhvaja ādarāt |
sadguruṃ samupārādhya natvevaṃ prārthayanmudā || 128 || {28}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.128 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 (37.128). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Bharya, Udita, Dharmadhvaja, Adara, Sadguru, Uparadhya, Prartha, Yat, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.128). 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: “iti bhāryoditaṃ śrutvā sa dharmadhvaja ādarāt
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhāryo -
  • bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhṛ]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhṛ]
  • uditam -
  • udita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uditā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vad -> udita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
    vad -> udita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmadhvaja* -
  • dharmadhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ādarāt -
  • ādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “sadguruṃ samupārādhya natvevaṃ prārthayanmudā || 128 |
  • sadgurum -
  • sadguru (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upārādhya -
  • upārādhya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse natvevam*pr
  • prārtha -
  • prārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prārtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mudā* -
  • Cannot analyse 128
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