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)

सर्वे लोकाश्च तद्दृष्ट्वा सद्धर्मगुणवांछिनः ।
सत्कृत्य श्रद्धया नित्यं त्रिरत्नं प्राभजन्मुदा ॥ ११८ ॥ {१८}

sarve lokāśca taddṛṣṭvā saddharmaguṇavāṃchinaḥ |
satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃ triratnaṃ prābhajanmudā || 118 || {18}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.118 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 (21.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Loka, Tad, Tat, Saddharma, Gunavat, Shina, Shi, Satkritya, Shraddhaya, Shraddha, Nityam, Nitya, Triratna, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.118). 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: “sarve lokāśca taddṛṣṭvā saddharmaguṇavāṃchinaḥ
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • guṇavāñch -
  • guṇavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śinaḥ -
  • śina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “satkṛtya śraddhayā nityaṃ triratnaṃ prābhajanmudā || 118 |
  • satkṛtya -
  • satkṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satkṛtya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • śraddhayā -
  • śraddhayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    śraddhā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • triratnam -
  • triratna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    prā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • abhajan -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single], [imperfect active third plural]
  • mudā* -
  • Cannot analyse 118
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