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)

शीतला वायवो वातास्तत्कथं वक्तुमर्हसि ।
इति तैर्भिक्षुभिः पृष्टो भगवांस्तानभाषत ॥ ५७ ॥ {५८}

śītalā vāyavo vātāstatkathaṃ vaktumarhasi |
iti tairbhikṣubhiḥ pṛṣṭo bhagavāṃstānabhāṣata || 57 || {58}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.57 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 (2.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shitala, Vayava, Vayu, Vata, Tat, Tad, Katham, Katha, Iti, Bhikshu, Prishta, Bhagavat, Tana, Bhasha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.57). 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: “śītalā vāyavo vātāstatkathaṃ vaktumarhasi
  • śītalā* -
  • śītala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śītalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vāyavo* -
  • vāyava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • vātās -
  • vāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    -> vāta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vātā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √ class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 2 verb]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vaktum -
  • vac -> vaktum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √vac]
    vac -> vaktum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √vac]
  • arhasi -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • Line 2: “iti tairbhikṣubhiḥ pṛṣṭo bhagavāṃstānabhāṣata || 57 |
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tair -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • bhikṣubhiḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bhikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pṛṣṭo* -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
  • bhagavāṃs -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāna -
  • tāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhāṣa -
  • bhāṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhāṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ta* -
  • Cannot analyse 57
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