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)

हेलार्पितं रत्नधनं तृणाग्रं श्रद्धावतीर्णं तृणमप्यनर्घं ।
अनेकशोभानुभवं हि चित्तं चित्तं निमित्तं शुभसंभवानां ॥ १९० ॥ {९१}

helārpitaṃ ratnadhanaṃ tṛṇāgraṃ śraddhāvatīrṇaṃ tṛṇamapyanarghaṃ |
anekaśobhānubhavaṃ hi cittaṃ cittaṃ nimittaṃ śubhasaṃbhavānāṃ || 190 || {91}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.190 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 (18.190). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hela, Arpita, Ratna, Dhana, Trina, Tri, Agram, Agra, Api, Apya, Anargha, Anekashah, Bhava, Citta, Nimitta, Shubha, Sambhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.190). 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: “helārpitaṃ ratnadhanaṃ tṛṇāgraṃ śraddhāvatīrṇaṃ tṛṇamapyanarghaṃ
  • helā -
  • hela (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hela (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    helā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arpitam -
  • arpita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arpita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arpitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> arpita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √]
    -> arpita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √]
    -> arpitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √]
    -> arpita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √]
    -> arpita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √], [accusative single from √]
  • ratna -
  • ratna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ratna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tṛṇā -
  • tṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tṛṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tṛ (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • agram -
  • agram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    agra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śraddhāvatīr -
  • ṇam -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tṛṇam -
  • tṛṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tṛṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • anargham -
  • anargha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anargha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anarghā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “anekaśobhānubhavaṃ hi cittaṃ cittaṃ nimittaṃ śubhasaṃbhavānāṃ || 190 |
  • anekaśo -
  • anekaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhānu -
  • bhānu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhānu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • bhavam -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhava (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bhavā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • cittam -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • cittam -
  • citta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    citta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cittā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    cit (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • nimittam -
  • nimitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śubha -
  • śubha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śubh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sambhavānām -
  • sambhava (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sambhava (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sambhavā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • Cannot analyse 190
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