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)

यो ऽत्र शौद्धोदनी राजा चक्रवर्त्ती नृपाधिपः ।
सर्वसत्वहितार्थेन संबोधिसाधनोद्यतः ॥ ४२ ॥ {४१}

yo 'tra śauddhodanī rājā cakravarttī nṛpādhipaḥ |
sarvasatvahitārthena saṃbodhisādhanodyataḥ || 42 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.42 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 (27.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Atra, Shauddhodani, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Cakravarttin, Cakravartti, Nripa, Adhipa, Sarvasatva, Hita, Artha, Sambodhi, Sadhana, Udyat, Udyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.42). 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: “yo 'tra śauddhodanī rājā cakravarttī nṛpādhipaḥ
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śauddhodanī -
  • śauddhodani (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • cakravarttī -
  • cakravarttī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    cakravarttī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    cakravarttin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛpā -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • adhipaḥ -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “sarvasatvahitārthena saṃbodhisādhanodyataḥ || 42 |
  • sarvasatva -
  • sarvasatva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvasatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hitā -
  • hita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    hitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hi -> hita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √hi class 5 verb]
    hi -> hitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hi class 5 verb]
  • arthena -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sambodhi -
  • sambodhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sambodhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sambodhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sādhano -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • udyataḥ -
  • udyat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    udyat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    udyata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 42
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