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)

तदद्य मानुषी भूत्वा प्राप्यैवं सुकृतौ क्षणं ।
यद्यत्र कुसुमैरेभिः संबुद्धं नार्चयाम्यहं ॥ २९ ॥ {२९}

tadadya mānuṣī bhūtvā prāpyaivaṃ sukṛtau kṣaṇaṃ |
yadyatra kusumairebhiḥ saṃbuddhaṃ nārcayāmyahaṃ || 29 || {29}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.29 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 (5.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Manushi, Prapya, Evam, Eva, Sukrit, Sukrita, Sukriti, Kshanam, Kshana, Yadi, Yad, Atra, Kusuma, Idam, Sambuddha, Nri, Aha, Asmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.29). 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: “tadadya mānuṣī bhūtvā prāpyaivaṃ sukṛtau kṣaṇaṃ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dya -
  • (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • mānuṣī -
  • mānuṣī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • bhūtvā -
  • bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
  • prāpyai -
  • prāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prāpyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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]
  • sukṛtau -
  • sukṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sukṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sukṛti (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    sukṛti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kṣaṇam -
  • kṣaṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “yadyatra kusumairebhiḥ saṃbuddhaṃ nārcayāmyahaṃ || 29 |
  • yadya -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • atra -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kusumair -
  • kusuma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kusuma (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ebhiḥ -
  • e (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sambuddham -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sambuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arcayāmya -
  • ṛc (verb class 0)
    [present active first single]
    ṛc (verb class 0)
    [present active first single]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 29
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