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)

ततः सा दानसंरक्ता सर्वार्थिभ्यो यथेप्सितं ।
सद्धर्मप्रणिधानेन ददौ नित्यं प्रसादिता ॥ २४ ॥ {२३}

tataḥ sā dānasaṃraktā sarvārthibhyo yathepsitaṃ |
saddharmapraṇidhānena dadau nityaṃ prasāditā || 24 || {23}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.24 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 (36.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Dana, Samrakta, Saru, Sarva, Arthin, Arthi, Yathepsita, Saddharma, Pranidhana, Dad, Dada, Dadi, Nityam, Nitya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.24). 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: “tataḥ dānasaṃraktā sarvārthibhyo yathepsitaṃ
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dāna -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dān (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • saṃraktā -
  • saṃraktā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvā -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saru (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arthibhyo* -
  • arthin (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    arthin (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    arthī (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • yathepsitam -
  • yathepsita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yathepsita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yathepsitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “saddharmapraṇidhānena dadau nityaṃ prasāditā || 24 |
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • praṇidhānena -
  • praṇidhāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • dadau -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dadi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dadi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prasāditā* -
  • Cannot analyse 24
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