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)

गरुडा नागराजाश्च महाहर्षसमन्विताः ।
ब्राह्मणा क्षत्रियाश्चैव राजानो राजपुत्रकाः ॥ ११ ॥ {११}

garuḍā nāgarājāśca mahāharṣasamanvitāḥ |
brāhmaṇā kṣatriyāścaiva rājāno rājaputrakāḥ || 11 || {11}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.11 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 (3.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Garuda, Nagaraja, Mahaharsha, Samanvita, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Rajan, Rajana, Rajaputraka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.11). 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: “garuḍā nāgarājāśca mahāharṣasamanvitāḥ
  • garuḍā* -
  • garuḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nāgarājāś -
  • nāgarāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mahāharṣa -
  • mahāharṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mahāharṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samanvitāḥ -
  • samanvita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samanvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “brāhmaṇā kṣatriyāścaiva rājāno rājaputrakāḥ || 11 |
  • brāhmaṇā -
  • brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣatriyāś -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • rājāno* -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājaputrakāḥ -
  • rājaputraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 11
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