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)

तदा तत्र महान् साधुः श्रीमाञ्छ्रीदोपमः सुधीः ।
सदा तस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य सद्धर्मश्रावको ऽभजत् ॥ २११ ॥ {९}

tadā tatra mahān sādhuḥ śrīmāñchrīdopamaḥ sudhīḥ |
sadā tasya munīndrasya saddharmaśrāvako 'bhajat || 211 || {9}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.211 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 (36.211). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tatra, Maha, Mahat, Sadhu, Shrimat, Shrida, Upama, Sudhi, Sada, Sad, Tad, Munindra, Saddharma, Shravaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.211). 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: “tadā tatra mahān sādhuḥ śrīmāñchrīdopamaḥ sudhīḥ
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mahān -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • sādhuḥ -
  • sādhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrīmāñch -
  • śrīmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrīdo -
  • śrīda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śrīda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śrīdā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upamaḥ -
  • upama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sudhīḥ -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “sadā tasya munīndrasya saddharmaśrāvako 'bhajat || 211 |
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • munīndrasya -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • saddharma -
  • saddharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śrāvako' -
  • śrāvaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhajat -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 211
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