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)

यस्मिन्दिने ह्ययं जातस्तदा सर्वे ऽपि पौरिकाः ।
नन्दितास्तद्भवत्वयं नाम्ना नन्द इति श्रुतः ॥ ७९ ॥ {७९}

yasmindine hyayaṃ jātastadā sarve 'pi paurikāḥ |
nanditāstadbhavatvayaṃ nāmnā nanda iti śrutaḥ || 79 || {79}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.79 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 (1.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Dina, Aya, Idam, Jatri, Jata, Tada, Sarva, Api, Paurika, Nandita, Tadbhava, Tva, Namna, Naman, Nanda, Iti, Shrut, Shruta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.79). 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: “yasmindine hyayaṃ jātastadā sarve 'pi paurikāḥ
  • yasmin -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dine -
  • dina (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dina (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jātas -
  • jātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    jāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarve' -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • paurikāḥ -
  • paurika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    paurikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “nanditāstadbhavatvayaṃ nāmnā nanda iti śrutaḥ || 79 |
  • nanditās -
  • nand -> nandita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √nand], [vocative plural from √nand]
    nand -> nanditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √nand class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √nand], [vocative plural from √nand], [accusative plural from √nand]
  • tadbhava -
  • tadbhava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadbhava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ayam -
  • aya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāmnā -
  • nāmnā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • nanda* -
  • nanda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śrutaḥ -
  • śrut (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrut (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śrut (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    śruta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śru class 5 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 79
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