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)

अतीतैरपि संबुद्धैः सर्वैरपि मुनीश्वरं ।
श्रीदेव्या धारणीविद्यारत्नैर्लोकहितं कृतं ॥ ९२० ॥ {५७}

atītairapi saṃbuddhaiḥ sarvairapi munīśvaraṃ |
śrīdevyā dhāraṇīvidyāratnairlokahitaṃ kṛtaṃ || 920 || {57}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.920 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 (38.920). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atita, Api, Sambuddha, Sarva, Munishvara, Shridevi, Dharani, Vidyaratna, Lokahita, Krit, Krita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.920). 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: “atītairapi saṃbuddhaiḥ sarvairapi munīśvaraṃ
  • atītair -
  • atīta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    atīta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • sambuddhaiḥ -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sarvair -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • munīśvaram -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śrīdevyā dhāraṇīvidyāratnairlokahitaṃ kṛtaṃ || 920 |
  • śrīdevyā* -
  • śrīdevī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • dhāraṇī -
  • dhāraṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    dhāraṇi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vidyāratnair -
  • vidyāratna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • lokahitam -
  • lokahita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    lokahita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    lokahitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṛtam -
  • kṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • Cannot analyse 920
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