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)

धर्म एव तदा त्राता सर्वत्राप्यनुगः सुहृत् ।
तस्माद्धर्मो महारत्नं साधनीयं प्रयत्नतः ॥ १०६ ॥ {६}

dharma eva tadā trātā sarvatrāpyanugaḥ suhṛt |
tasmāddharmo mahāratnaṃ sādhanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ || 106 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.106 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 (15.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Eva, Tada, Tratri, Trata, Sarvatrapi, Anuga, Suhrid, Tasmat, Tad, Maharatna, Sadhaniya, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.106). 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: “dharma eva tadā trātā sarvatrāpyanugaḥ suhṛt
  • dharma* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • trātā -
  • trātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    trātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    trai -> trātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √trai class 1 verb]
    trai (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • sarvatrāpya -
  • sarvatrāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sarvatrāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • anugaḥ -
  • anuga (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • suhṛt -
  • suhṛd (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    suhṛd (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “tasmāddharmo mahāratnaṃ sādhanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ || 106 |
  • tasmāddh -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • harmo -
  • mahāratnam -
  • mahāratna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sādhanīyam -
  • sādhanīya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sādhanīya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sādhanīyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sidh -> sādhanīya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhanīya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhanīyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √sidh]
    sādh -> sādhanīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sādh -> sādhanīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative single from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative single from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sidh -> sādhanīya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhanīya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √sidh], [accusative single from √sidh]
  • prayatnataḥ -
  • prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prayatnatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 106
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