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)

एतदेवं समाख्याय जयश्री स जिनात्मजः ।
सर्वासां शिष्यसंघांश्च समामंत्र्यैवमादिशत् ॥ ९८५ ॥ {२२}

etadevaṃ samākhyāya jayaśrī sa jinātmajaḥ |
sarvāsāṃ śiṣyasaṃghāṃśca samāmaṃtryaivamādiśat || 985 || {22}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.985 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 (38.985). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Etada, Samakhyaya, Jina, Sarva, Shishya, Sangha, Sama, Antri, Vama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.985). 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: “etadevaṃ samākhyāya jayaśrī sa jinātmajaḥ
  • etade -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    etadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vam -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samākhyāya -
  • samākhyāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samākhyāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jayaśrī -
  • jayaśrī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    jayaśrī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jināt -
  • jina (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    jina (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ma -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jaḥ -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvāsāṃ śiṣyasaṃghāṃśca samāmaṃtryaivamādiśat || 985 |
  • sarvāsām -
  • sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śiṣya -
  • śiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śiṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śās -> śiṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śās]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śiṣ]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śiṣ]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
  • saṅghāṃś -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samām -
  • samā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • antryai -
  • antrī (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • vamā -
  • vama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adiśat -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 985
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