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)

भदन्त भवतां पादौ वन्दामहे समानताः ।
तदस्माकं हितं कृत्वा कृपया त्रातुमर्हति ॥ २८ ॥ {२८}

bhadanta bhavatāṃ pādau vandāmahe samānatāḥ |
tadasmākaṃ hitaṃ kṛtvā kṛpayā trātumarhati || 28 || {28}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.28 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 (16.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhadanta, Bhavat, Bhavant, Pada, Padu, Samanata, Tada, Sma, Sman, Aka, Hita, Kritva, Kritvan, Kripa, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.28). 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: “bhadanta bhavatāṃ pādau vandāmahe samānatāḥ
  • bhadanta -
  • bhadanta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhavatām -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active third dual]
  • pādau -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pādu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vandāmahe -
  • vand (verb class 1)
    [present middle first plural]
  • samānatāḥ -
  • samānatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “tadasmākaṃ hitaṃ kṛtvā kṛpayā trātumarhati || 28 |
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • smā -
  • sma (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    smā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • akam -
  • aka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hitam -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb], [accusative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛpayā -
  • kṛpā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • trātum -
  • trai -> trātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √trai]
  • arhati -
  • arhat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    arhat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    arh (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 28
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