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)

ततो ज्ञातीन् समाहूय कृत्वा जातिमहं मुदा ।
तन्नामकरणं तस्यास्तान्पुनः स समब्रवीत् ॥ ५६ ॥ {५५}

tato jñātīn samāhūya kṛtvā jātimahaṃ mudā |
tannāmakaraṇaṃ tasyāstānpunaḥ sa samabravīt || 56 || {55}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.56 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 (9.56). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Jnati, Samahuya, Kritva, Kritvan, Jatimaha, Mud, Muda, Tan, Amaka, Rana, Puna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.56). 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: “tato jñātīn samāhūya kṛtvā jātimahaṃ mudā
  • 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]
  • jñātīn -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • samāhūya -
  • samāhūya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāhūya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jātimaham -
  • jātimaha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tannāmakaraṇaṃ tasyāstānpunaḥ sa samabravīt || 56 |
  • tann -
  • tan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • āmaka -
  • āmaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āmaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • raṇam -
  • raṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    raṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tasyās -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 56
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