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)

नानारङ्गकलापस्ते वक्त्रान्निष्कसितो मुनेः ।
येनावभासिताः सर्वा सूर्येणोदयता यथा ॥ २२८ ॥ {२६}

nānāraṅgakalāpaste vaktrānniṣkasito muneḥ |
yenāvabhāsitāḥ sarvā sūryeṇodayatā yathā || 228 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.228 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 (3.228). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nanaranga, Kalapa, Tad, Yushmad, Vaktra, Nishka, Sita, Muni, Yena, Yah, Yat, Avabhasita, Saru, Sarva, Surya, Udaya, Tas, Yatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.228). 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: “nānāraṅgakalāpaste vaktrānniṣkasito muneḥ
  • nānāraṅga -
  • nānāraṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nānāraṅga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kalāpas -
  • kalāpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • vaktrān -
  • vaktra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    vaktra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • niṣka -
  • niṣka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    niṣka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sito* -
  • sita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    -> sita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 4 verb]
    si -> sita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √si class 5 verb], [nominative single from √si class 9 verb]
  • muneḥ -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “yenāvabhāsitāḥ sarvā sūryeṇodayatā yathā || 228 |
  • yenā -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • avabhāsitāḥ -
  • avabhāsita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avabhāsitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • sarvā -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sūryeṇo -
  • sūrya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sūrya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sūr -> sūrya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √sūr class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √sūr class 10 verb]
    sūr -> sūrya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √sūr class 4 verb], [instrumental single from √sūr class 10 verb]
  • udaya -
  • udaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tā* -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse 228
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