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)

ततो नृपादयः सर्वे लोकास्तं चंदनं मुनिं ।
ससंघं स्नापयामासुः स्वर्णकुम्भाम्बुभिः क्रमात् ॥ १८१ ॥ {८३}

tato nṛpādayaḥ sarve lokāstaṃ caṃdanaṃ muniṃ |
sasaṃghaṃ snāpayāmāsuḥ svarṇakumbhāmbubhiḥ kramāt || 181 || {83}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.181 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 (2.181). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Nripadi, Sarva, Loka, Candana, Muni, Sangha, Sna, Asu, Svarnakumbha, Ambu, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.181). 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: “tato nṛpādayaḥ sarve lokāstaṃ caṃdanaṃ muniṃ
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • nṛpādayaḥ -
  • nṛpādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nṛpādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • lokās -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • candanam -
  • candana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    candana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    candanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • munim -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “sasaṃghaṃ snāpayāmāsuḥ svarṇakumbhāmbubhiḥ kramāt || 181 |
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṅgham -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṅgha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • snā -
  • snā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apayāmā -
  • pay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first plural]
    pi (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first plural]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first plural]
  • asuḥ -
  • asu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 4)
    [aorist active third plural]
  • svarṇakumbhā -
  • svarṇakumbha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svarṇakumbha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ambubhiḥ -
  • ambu (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    ambu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ambu (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 181
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