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)

तदा पश्यामि तद्विन्दुविस्फुलिङ्गनिभोज्वलान् ।
दृष्ट्वैवं निराशान्धा भ्रमामि दिक्षु सर्वतः ॥ २१ ॥ {२१}

tadā paśyāmi tadvinduvisphuliṅganibhojvalān |
dṛṣṭvaivaṃ nirāśāndhā bhramāmi dikṣu sarvataḥ || 21 || {21}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.21 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 (4.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Pashya, Amin, Tad, Tat, Vindu, Visphulinga, Nibha, Jvala, Evam, Eva, Nirasha, Dha, Dish, Dikshu, Sarvatah, Sarvata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.21). 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: “tadā paśyāmi tadvinduvisphuliṅganibhojvalān
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • paśyā -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vindu -
  • vindu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vindu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vindu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • visphuliṅga -
  • visphuliṅga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nibho -
  • nibha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jvalān -
  • jvala (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “dṛṣṭvaivaṃ nirāśāndhā bhramāmi dikṣu sarvataḥ || 21 |
  • dṛṣṭvai -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nirāśān -
  • nirāśa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dhā* -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhramāmi -
  • bhram (verb class 1)
    [present active first single]
  • dikṣu -
  • dikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dikṣu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    diś (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • sarvataḥ -
  • sarvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 21
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