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)

पूजयित्वा पुरस्कृत्य परिवृत्य समन्ततः ।
कृतांजलिपुटो धर्मं श्रोतुं समुपतस्थिरे ॥ १२ ॥ {१२}

pūjayitvā puraskṛtya parivṛtya samantataḥ |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭo dharmaṃ śrotuṃ samupatasthire || 12 || {12}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.12 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 (7.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pujayitva, Puraskritya, Samantatah, Samantatas, Kritanjaliputa, Dharma, Shrotu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.12). 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: “pūjayitvā puraskṛtya parivṛtya samantataḥ
  • pūjayitvā -
  • pūj -> pūjayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √pūj]
    pūjayitvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • puraskṛtya -
  • puraskṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • parivṛtya -
  • samantataḥ -
  • samantataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samantatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kṛtāṃjalipuṭo dharmaṃ śrotuṃ samupatasthire || 12 |
  • kṛtāñjalipuṭo* -
  • kṛtāñjalipuṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrotum -
  • śru -> śrotum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √śru]
    śrotu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samupa -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • tasthire -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 12
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