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)

अहो वताद्य मे हस्तौ सुचिरेण समुद्भवौ ।
अहो लब्धाविमौ हस्तौ सुचिरेण मयाधुना ॥ २० ॥ {२०}

aho vatādya me hastau sucireṇa samudbhavau |
aho labdhāvimau hastau sucireṇa mayādhunā || 20 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.20 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 (11.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahan, Vata, Asmad, Hasta, Sucira, Samudbhava, Labdha, Labdhi, Idam, Maya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.20). 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: “aho vatādya me hastau sucireṇa samudbhavau
  • aho* -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • vatād -
  • vata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    van -> vata (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √van class 1 verb], [ablative single from √van class 8 verb]
    van -> vata (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √van class 1 verb], [ablative single from √van class 8 verb]
  • ya -
  • 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]
  • hastau -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sucireṇa -
  • sucira (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sucira (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • samudbhavau -
  • samudbhava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “aho labdhāvimau hastau sucireṇa mayādhunā || 20 |
  • aho* -
  • ahan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ahar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    has (verb class 1)
    [aorist active second single]
  • labdhāvi -
  • labdha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    labdhi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √labh class 1 verb]
  • imau -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • hastau -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sucireṇa -
  • sucira (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sucira (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • mayā -
  • maya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    may (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • adhunā* -
  • Cannot analyse 20
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