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)

विहृत्य सर्वसत्वानां समितिस्थितः ।
संबोधिसाधानं धर्ममुपादेष्टुं समारभत् ॥ ७ ॥ {७}

vihṛtya sarvasatvānāṃ samitisthitaḥ |
saṃbodhisādhānaṃ dharmamupādeṣṭuṃ samārabhat || 7 || {7}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.7 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 (14.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vihritya, Sarvasatva, Samit, Sthita, Sambodhi, Sadhana, Dharma, Upadi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.7). 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: “vihṛtya sarvasatvānāṃ samitisthitaḥ
  • vihṛtya -
  • vihṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vihṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvasatvānām -
  • sarvasatva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarvasatva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • samiti -
  • samiti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    samit (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • sthitaḥ -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “saṃbodhisādhānaṃ dharmamupādeṣṭuṃ samārabhat || 7 |
  • sambodhi -
  • sambodhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sambodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sambodhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sādhānam -
  • sādhāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhānā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • upādeṣ -
  • upādi (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    upādi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ṭum -
  • ṭu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse samārabhat*7*
  • Cannot analyse 7
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