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)

गुरुः शिष्यैः सहालक्ष्य वर्त्तयेन्मण्डलं क्रमात् ।
तत्र देव्यादि चिह्नानि लिखेद् यथाविधि क्रमात् ॥ २०३ ॥ {२}

guruḥ śiṣyaiḥ sahālakṣya varttayenmaṇḍalaṃ kramāt |
tatra devyādi cihnāni likhed yathāvidhi kramāt || 203 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.203 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 (38.203). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Guru, Shishya, Saha, Sah, Alakshya, Vartta, Yah, Yat, Mandala, Kramat, Krama, Tatra, Devi, Devin, Devya, Adi, Adin, Cihna, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.203). 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: “guruḥ śiṣyaiḥ sahālakṣya varttayenmaṇḍalaṃ kramāt
  • guruḥ -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śiṣyaiḥ -
  • śiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śiṣya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
  • sahā -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sah (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sah (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • alakṣya -
  • alakṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alakṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vartta -
  • vartta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vartta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • maṇḍalam -
  • maṇḍala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    maṇḍala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    maṇḍalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “tatra devyādi cihnāni likhed yathāvidhi kramāt || 203 |
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • devyā -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    devin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    devin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    devya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √dīv]
    dīv -> devya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √dīv]
    dīv -> devya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dīv]
    dīv -> devya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √dīv]
    dīv -> devya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √dīv]
    dīv -> devyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √dīv]
  • ādi -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ādin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • cihnāni -
  • cihna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • likhed -
  • likh (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 203
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