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)

इत्यादिश्य स सर्वज्ञश्चतुरङ्गबलान्वितं ।
महत्सैन्याधिपं वीरं निर्माय ऽप्रेषयत्ततः ॥ ५९ ॥ {५९}

ityādiśya sa sarvajñaścaturaṅgabalānvitaṃ |
mahatsainyādhipaṃ vīraṃ nirmāya 'preṣayattataḥ || 59 || {59}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.59 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 (28.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Sarvajna, Caturangabala, Anvita, Mahat, Sainya, Adhipa, Vira,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.59). 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: “ityādiśya sa sarvajñaścaturaṅgabalānvitaṃ
  • ityādi -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ityādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śya -
  • śā (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvajñaś -
  • sarvajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturaṅgabalā -
  • caturaṅgabala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • anvitam -
  • anvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    anvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “mahatsainyādhipaṃ vīraṃ nirmāya 'preṣayattataḥ || 59 |
  • mahat -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • sainyā -
  • sainya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sainya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sainyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhipam -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • vīram -
  • vīra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vīra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vīrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse nirmāya'preṣayattataḥ*59
  • Cannot analyse 59
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