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)

आहृत्य रक्षसा नीता कथं लंकापुरे ऽवसत् ।
ततो रामेण वीर्येण हत्वासौ रावणस्ततः ॥ ९३ ॥ {९२}

āhṛtya rakṣasā nītā kathaṃ laṃkāpure 'vasat |
tato rāmeṇa vīryeṇa hatvāsau rāvaṇastataḥ || 93 || {92}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.93 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 (12.93). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahritya, Rakshasa, Nita, Katham, Katha, Lanka, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Rama, Virya, Hatu, Hatva, Asa, Ravana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.93). 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: “āhṛtya rakṣasā nītā kathaṃ laṃkāpure 'vasat
  • āhṛtya -
  • āhṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rakṣasā* -
  • rakṣasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    rakṣasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nītā -
  • nītā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    -> nītā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • laṅkā -
  • laṅka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    laṅkā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apure' -
  • pur (verb class 6)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • avasat -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “tato rāmeṇa vīryeṇa hatvāsau rāvaṇastataḥ || 93 |
  • 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]
  • rāmeṇa -
  • rāma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāma (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • vīryeṇa -
  • vīrya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vīr class 10 verb]
    vīr -> vīrya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vīr class 10 verb]
  • hatvā -
  • hatu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    hatva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    han -> hatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √han]
    han -> hatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √han]
  • āsau -
  • āsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rāvaṇas -
  • rāvaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tataḥ -
  • 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]
  • Cannot analyse 93
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