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)

बुद्ध एव जगद्भर्ता धर्मार्थसुखसंप्रदः ।
बुद्ध एव जगच्छास्ता सर्वसत्त्वानुबोधकः ।
बुद्ध एव जगन्नाथो बोधिसंभारपूरकः ।
बुद्ध एव जगत्स्वामी संबोधिमार्गदेशकः ।
बुद्ध एव महावीरः सर्वमारप्रभंजकः ॥ १४४ ॥ {४४}

buddha eva jagadbhartā dharmārthasukhasaṃpradaḥ |
buddha eva jagacchāstā sarvasattvānubodhakaḥ |
buddha eva jagannātho bodhisaṃbhārapūrakaḥ |
buddha eva jagatsvāmī saṃbodhimārgadeśakaḥ |
buddha eva mahāvīraḥ sarvamāraprabhaṃjakaḥ || 144 || {44}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.144 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 (2.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Buddha, Eva, Jagadbhartri, Dharmartha, Sukha, Samprada, Jagat, Shastri, Shasta, Sarvasattva, Anubodha, Kah, Jagannatha, Bodhin, Sambhara, Puraka, Jagatsvamin, Sambodhi, Arga, Deshaka, Mahavira, Sarvamara, Prabha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.144). 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: “buddha eva jagadbhartā dharmārthasukhasaṃpradaḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jagadbhartā -
  • jagadbhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jagadbhartṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmārtha -
  • dharmārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sukha -
  • sukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sampradaḥ -
  • samprada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “buddha eva jagacchāstā sarvasattvānubodhakaḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jagacch -
  • jagat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    jagat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • śāstā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • sarvasattvā -
  • sarvasattva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvasattva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anubodha -
  • anubodha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “buddha eva jagannātho bodhisaṃbhārapūrakaḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jagannātho* -
  • jagannātha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sambhāra -
  • sambhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pūrakaḥ -
  • pūraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 4: “buddha eva jagatsvāmī saṃbodhimārgadeśakaḥ
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jagatsvāmī -
  • jagatsvāmin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sambodhim -
  • sambodhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    sambodhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arga -
  • arga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • deśakaḥ -
  • deśaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 5: “buddha eva mahāvīraḥ sarvamāraprabhaṃjakaḥ || 144 |
  • buddha* -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāvīraḥ -
  • mahāvīra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvamāra -
  • sarvamāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvamāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabhañ -
  • prabha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prabha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ja -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaḥ -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 144
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