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)

तत्प्रसादं समादाय गणचक्रं यथाविधि ।
समभ्यर्च्य यथार्हेण भोजनेनपि तोषयेत् ॥ २६९ ॥ {६८}

tatprasādaṃ samādāya gaṇacakraṃ yathāvidhi |
samabhyarcya yathārheṇa bhojanenapi toṣayet || 269 || {68}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.269 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 (38.269). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Prasada, Samadaya, Ganacakra, Yathavidhi, Abhyarcya, Yatharha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.269). 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: “tatprasādaṃ samādāya gaṇacakraṃ yathāvidhi
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prasādam -
  • prasāda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • samādāya -
  • samādāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • gaṇacakram -
  • gaṇacakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “samabhyarcya yathārheṇa bhojanenapi toṣayet || 269 |
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abhyarcya -
  • abhyarcya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhyarcya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yathārheṇa -
  • yathārha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yathārha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Cannot analyse bhojanenapi*to
  • toṣayet -
  • tuṣ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 269
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