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)

तत्र प्राप्तः पुरे मध्ये पुष्करिण्यास्तटान्तिके ।
तत्केशनखरान् रोप्य गंधस्तूपमकारयत् ॥ २१४ ॥ {१६}

tatra prāptaḥ pure madhye puṣkariṇyāstaṭāntike |
tatkeśanakharān ropya gaṃdhastūpamakārayat || 214 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.214 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 (2.214). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Prapta, Pur, Pura, Puri, Madhye, Madhya, Pushkarini, Tata, Tika, Tat, Tad, Kesha, Nakhara, Ropya, Gandha, Upama, Karayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 2.214). 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: “tatra prāptaḥ pure madhye puṣkariṇyāstaṭāntike
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • prāptaḥ -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pure -
  • pur (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    pura (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    pura (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    puri (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pur (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • madhye -
  • madhye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    madhya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    madhya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    madhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • puṣkariṇyās -
  • puṣkariṇī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • taṭān -
  • taṭa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tike -
  • tika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “tatkeśanakharān ropya gaṃdhastūpamakārayat || 214 |
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • keśa -
  • keśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    keśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nakharān -
  • nakhara (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ropya -
  • ropya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ropya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ruh -> ropya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ruh]
    ruh -> ropya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ruh]
    ruh -> ropya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ruh]
    rup -> ropya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √rup class 4 verb]
    rup -> ropya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √rup class 4 verb]
    ruh -> ropya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ruh]
    ruh -> ropya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ruh]
  • gandhas -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • upama -
  • upama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kārayat -
  • kṛ -> kārayat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kārayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kṛ], [vocative single from √kṛ], [accusative single from √kṛ]
  • Cannot analyse 214
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