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)

बोधिसत्वो महासत्वः समंतभद्ररूपकः ।
दशबलो महेशाख्यो ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः ॥ ७३ ॥ {७२}

bodhisatvo mahāsatvaḥ samaṃtabhadrarūpakaḥ |
daśabalo maheśākhyo brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ || 73 || {72}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.73 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 (17.73). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bodhin, Mahasatva, Samantabhadra, Rupaka, Dashabala, Maheshakhya, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Jitendriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 17.73). 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: “bodhisatvo mahāsatvaḥ samaṃtabhadrarūpakaḥ
  • bodhi -
  • bodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bodhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • satvo -
  • mahāsatvaḥ -
  • mahāsatva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samantabhadra -
  • samantabhadra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samantabhadra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpakaḥ -
  • rūpaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “daśabalo maheśākhyo brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ || 73 |
  • daśabalo* -
  • daśabala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • maheśākhyo* -
  • maheśākhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brahmacārī -
  • brahmacārī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    brahmacārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    brahmacārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jitendriyaḥ -
  • jitendriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 73
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