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)

भिक्षुभिर्बोधिसत्वैश्च भिक्षुणीभिरुपासकैः ।
सार्द्धमुपासिकाभिश्च यतिभिश्च महर्षिभिः ॥ १९९ ॥ {८७}

bhikṣubhirbodhisatvaiśca bhikṣuṇībhirupāsakaiḥ |
sārddhamupāsikābhiśca yatibhiśca maharṣibhiḥ || 199 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.199 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 (9.199). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhikshu, Bodhin, Satvan, Bhikshuni, Upasaka, Arddha, Upasika, Yati, Yatin, Maharshi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.199). 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: “bhikṣubhirbodhisatvaiśca bhikṣuṇībhirupāsakaiḥ
  • bhikṣubhir -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • satvai -
  • satvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    satvan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • aiś -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhikṣuṇībhir -
  • bhikṣuṇī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • upāsakaiḥ -
  • upāsaka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    upāsaka (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “sārddhamupāsikābhiśca yatibhiśca maharṣibhiḥ || 199 |
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upāsikābhiś -
  • upāsikā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yatibhiś -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yatin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • maharṣibhiḥ -
  • maharṣi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 199
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