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)

जातिश्रेष्ठो ह्यहं विप्रस्तच्छुक्लां मे दातुमर्हसि ।
इति तां ब्राह्मणपुत्रा रोहिणं प्रत्ययाचयन् ॥ ७० ॥ {[६९]}

jātiśreṣṭho hyahaṃ viprastacchuklāṃ me dātumarhasi |
iti tāṃ brāhmaṇaputrā rohiṇaṃ pratyayācayan || 70 || {[69]}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.70 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 (9.70). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jatishreshtha, Aha, Asmad, Vipra, Tat, Tad, Shukla, Datu, Iti, Brahmana, Putra, Rohina, Rohin, Pratyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.70). 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: “jātiśreṣṭho hyahaṃ viprastacchuklāṃ me dātumarhasi
  • jātiśreṣṭho* -
  • jātiśreṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • vipras -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tacch -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śuklām -
  • śuklā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • me -
  • ma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ma (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • dātum -
  • -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √]
    dai -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √dai]
    de -> dātum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √de]
    dātu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    dātu (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • arhasi -
  • arh (verb class 1)
    [present active second single]
  • Line 2: “iti tāṃ brāhmaṇaputrā rohiṇaṃ pratyayācayan || 70 |
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • brāhmaṇa -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • putrā* -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rohiṇam -
  • rohiṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rohiṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rohiṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rohin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pratyayā -
  • pratyaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • acayan -
  • cay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
    ci (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 70
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