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)

इति तेन यतीशेन पृष्ट्वा सा प्रेतिका ततः ।
तं यतिं सौगतं नत्वा प्ररुदित्वावदत्तथा ॥ १७ ॥ {१७}

iti tena yatīśena pṛṣṭvā sā pretikā tataḥ |
taṃ yatiṃ saugataṃ natvā praruditvāvadattathā || 17 || {17}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.17 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 (4.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Tad, Tena, Yatisha, Prishtva, Tatah, Tata, Yati, Saugata, Pra, Avadatta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.17). 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: “iti tena yatīśena pṛṣṭvā pretikā tataḥ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • yatīśena -
  • yatīśa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pṛṣṭvā -
  • pṛṣṭvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pṛṣ]
    praś -> pṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √praś]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pretikā -
  • tataḥ -
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “taṃ yatiṃ saugataṃ natvā praruditvāvadattathā || 17 |
  • 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]
  • yatim -
  • yati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • saugatam -
  • saugata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saugata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ruditvā -
  • rud -> ruditvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √rud]
  • avadatta -
  • avadatta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avadatta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • thā* -
  • Cannot analyse 17
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