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)

ज्ञानवज्रेण सत्कायदृष्टिशैलं विभेद सा ।
श्रोतापत्तिफलं प्राप्ता दृष्टसत्याभवत्तदा ॥ ७४ ॥ {७४}

jñānavajreṇa satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ vibheda sā |
śrotāpattiphalaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭasatyābhavattadā || 74 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.74 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 (5.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jnanavajra, Shaila, Vibheda, Shrotri, Shrota, Phala, Prapta, Drishta, Sati, Satya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.74). 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: “jñānavajreṇa satkāyadṛṣṭiśailaṃ vibheda
  • jñānavajreṇa -
  • jñānavajra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • satkāyadṛṣṭi -
  • satkāyadṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śailam -
  • śaila (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaila (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śailā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vibheda -
  • vibheda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śrotāpattiphalaṃ prāptā dṛṣṭasatyābhavattadā || 74 |
  • śrotā -
  • śrota (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śrota (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śrotṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śrotā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śru (verb class 5)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • āpatti -
  • āpatti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prāptā* -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prāptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dṛṣṭa -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dṛś]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • satyā -
  • satya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    satya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    satī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    satyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • tadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 74
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