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)

परस्परं मुखं दृष्ट्वा निःश्वसन्तो निषेदिरे ।
केचिन्मेघं च खे दृष्ट्वा प्रायाचन्त दिवानिशं ॥ १०१ ॥ {१}

parasparaṃ mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥśvasanto niṣedire |
kecinmeghaṃ ca khe dṛṣṭvā prāyācanta divāniśaṃ || 101 || {1}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.101 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 (2.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Parasparam, Paraspara, Mukha, Nih, Shvasat, Nisha, Kah, Kim, Cit, Megha, Kha, Pra, Praya, Divanisham,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.101). 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: “parasparaṃ mukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā niḥśvasanto niṣedire
  • parasparam -
  • parasparam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    paraspara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paraspara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    parasparā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mukham -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mukha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • niḥ -
  • niḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    niḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śvasanto* -
  • śvas -> śvasat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śvas class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śvas class 2 verb]
  • niṣe -
  • niṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    niṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • di -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • re -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “kecinmeghaṃ ca khe dṛṣṭvā prāyācanta divāniśaṃ || 101 |
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cin -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • megham -
  • megha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    megha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    meghā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • khe -
  • kha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • prāyā -
  • prāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • ācanta -
  • ac (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle third plural]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle third plural]
  • divāniśam -
  • divāniśam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse 101
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