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)

पुरैकसमये बुद्धः साक्यसिंहो मुनीश्वरः ।
सर्वज्ञः सुगतः सास्ता धर्मराजो विनायकः ॥ ५ ॥ {५}

puraikasamaye buddhaḥ sākyasiṃho munīśvaraḥ |
sarvajñaḥ sugataḥ sāstā dharmarājo vināyakaḥ || 5 || {5}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.5 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 (17.5). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kasa, Aye, Aya, Buddha, Sakya, Simha, Munishvara, Sarvajna, Sugata, Tas, Dharmaraj, Dharmaraja, Vinayaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.5). 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: “puraikasamaye buddhaḥ sākyasiṃho munīśvaraḥ
  • purai -
  • pur (verb class 6)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • kasam -
  • kasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aye -
  • aye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • buddhaḥ -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sākya -
  • sac -> sākya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √sac class 1 verb]
    sac -> sākya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √sac class 1 verb]
  • siṃho* -
  • siṃha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • munīśvaraḥ -
  • munīśvara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvajñaḥ sugataḥ sāstā dharmarājo vināyakaḥ || 5 |
  • sarvajñaḥ -
  • sarvajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sugataḥ -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sās -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tā* -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dharmarājo* -
  • dharmarāj (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dharmarāja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vināyakaḥ -
  • vināyaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 5
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