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)

इत्यादिष्टे मुनीन्द्रेण तेनासौ देवता मुदा ।
संपृछावसरं लब्ध्वा हर्षिता समुपाक्रमत् ॥ १७ ॥ {१७}

ityādiṣṭe munīndreṇa tenāsau devatā mudā |
saṃpṛchāvasaraṃ labdhvā harṣitā samupākramat || 17 || {17}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.17 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 (8.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Munindra, Tad, Tena, Asi, Asu, Adah, Devata, Mud, Muda, Harshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 8.17). 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: “ityādiṣṭe munīndreṇa tenāsau devatā mudā
  • ityādiṣ -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭe -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • munīndreṇa -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second 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]
  • devatā* -
  • devatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    devata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “saṃpṛchāvasaraṃ labdhvā harṣitā samupākramat || 17 |
  • Cannot analyse sampṛchāvasaram*la
  • labdhvā -
  • labh -> labdhvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √labh]
  • harṣitā -
  • harṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    hṛṣ -> harṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √hṛṣ]
    hṛṣ (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    hṛṣ (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • akramat -
  • kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 17
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