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)

अक्लिष्टानि हि वासांसि क्लिश्येयुश्च्यवनान्तिके ।
अम्लानानि च माल्यानि म्लायेरन् सहसा खलु ॥ ४ ॥ {४}

akliṣṭāni hi vāsāṃsi kliśyeyuścyavanāntike |
amlānāni ca mālyāni mlāyeran sahasā khalu || 4 || {4}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.4 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 (6.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Aklishta, Vasas, Cyavana, Tika, Amlana, Malya, Irat, Sahasa, Sahas, Khalu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 6.4). 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: “akliṣṭāni hi vāsāṃsi kliśyeyuścyavanāntike
  • akliṣṭāni -
  • akliṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • vāsāṃsi -
  • vāsas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kliśyeyuś -
  • kliś (verb class 4)
    [optative active third plural]
  • cyavanān -
  • cyavana (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tike -
  • tika (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “amlānāni ca mālyāni mlāyeran sahasā khalu || 4 |
  • amlānāni -
  • amlāna (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mālyāni -
  • mālya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    mal -> mālya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √mal class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √mal class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √mal class 1 verb]
  • mlāye -
  • mlā -> mlāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mlā]
  • iran -
  • ir -> irat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ir class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ir class 6 verb]
  • sahasā -
  • sahasā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sahas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sahas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • khalu -
  • khalu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    khalu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    khalu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 4
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