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)

सर्वभूपाश्च राजानश्चक्रवर्त्त्यादयो नृपाः ।
पालयन्ति प्रजा लोकान्धर्मैर्लक्ष्मीव्रतोद्भवैः ॥ ३२६ ॥ {२५}

sarvabhūpāśca rājānaścakravarttyādayo nṛpāḥ |
pālayanti prajā lokāndharmairlakṣmīvratodbhavaiḥ || 326 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.326 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 (38.326). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Bhupa, Rajan, Rajana, Cakravarttin, Cakravartti, Adi, Nripa, Palayat, Palayanti, Praja, Prajas, Loka, Dharma, Lakshmi, Vrata, Udbhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.326). 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: “sarvabhūpāśca rājānaścakravarttyādayo nṛpāḥ
  • sarva -
  • sarva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • bhūpāś -
  • bhūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājānaś -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cakravarttyā -
  • cakravarttin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    cakravarttin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cakravarttī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cakravarttī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    cakravarttī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ādayo* -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ad (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • nṛpāḥ -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “pālayanti prajā lokāndharmairlakṣmīvratodbhavaiḥ || 326 |
  • pālayanti -
  • -> pālayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √]
    pāl -> pālayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √pāl class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √pāl class 10 verb]
    pāl -> pālayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √pāl class 10 verb]
    -> pālayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √], [vocative plural from √], [accusative plural from √]
    -> pālayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √]
    pāl (verb class 10)
    [present active third plural]
    (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • prajā* -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lokān -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dharmair -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • lakṣmī -
  • lakṣmī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • vrato -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • udbhavaiḥ -
  • udbhava (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 326
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