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)

अष्टाभ्य उपमातृभ्य उपन्यस्तो ऽभिपालने ।
ततो ऽसौ दारकस्ताभिर्धात्रीभिरुपचारणैः ॥ २७ ॥ {२७}

aṣṭābhya upamātṛbhya upanyasto 'bhipālane |
tato 'sau dārakastābhirdhātrībhirupacāraṇaiḥ || 27 || {27}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.27 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 (7.27). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ashta, Upamatri, Upanyasta, Abhipalana, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Asi, Asu, Adah, Daraka, Dhatri, Upacara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 7.27). 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: “aṣṭābhya upamātṛbhya upanyasto 'bhipālane
  • aṣṭābhya* -
  • aṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [dative plural from √ class 5 verb], [ablative plural from √ class 5 verb]
  • upamātṛbhya* -
  • upamātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    upamātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    upamātṛ (noun, neuter)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • upanyasto' -
  • upanyasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhipālane -
  • abhipālana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “tato 'sau dārakastābhirdhātrībhirupacāraṇaiḥ || 27 |
  • tato' -
  • 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]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • dārakas -
  • dāraka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tābhir -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dhātrībhir -
  • dhātrī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • upacāra -
  • upacāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṇaiḥ -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Cannot analyse 27
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