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)

एवमन्ये ऽपि लोकाश्च रूपद्रव्याभिमानिनः ।
स्वस्वदूतेन तां शुक्लां रोहिणं प्रत्ययाचयन् ॥ ७५ ॥ {७३}

evamanye 'pi lokāśca rūpadravyābhimāninaḥ |
svasvadūtena tāṃ śuklāṃ rohiṇaṃ pratyayācayan || 75 || {73}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 9.75 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 (9.75). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Anya, Api, Loka, Rupa, Dravya, Dravi, Abhimanin, Svasu, Svan, Adu, Uta, Shukla, 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 9.75). 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: “evamanye 'pi lokāśca rūpadravyābhimāninaḥ
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anye' -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpa -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dravyā -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    dravī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • abhimāninaḥ -
  • abhimānin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    abhimānin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “svasvadūtena tāṃ śuklāṃ rohiṇaṃ pratyayācayan || 75 |
  • svasva -
  • svasū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • adū -
  • adū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    adū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    adū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • utena -
  • uta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    uta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    -> uta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √ class 1 verb]
    -> uta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √ class 1 verb]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śuklām -
  • śuklā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • 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 75
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