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)

बिंबिसारो नृपेन्द्रो ऽपि पुत्रेणाजातशत्रुणा ।
वंधने मारितं चैवं तदपि दैवयोगतः ॥ १३१ ॥ {३०}

biṃbisāro nṛpendro 'pi putreṇājātaśatruṇā |
vaṃdhane māritaṃ caivaṃ tadapi daivayogataḥ || 131 || {30}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.131 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 (12.131). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bimbisara, Nripa, Indra, Api, Putra, Ajatashatru, Andhana, Marita, Evam, Eva, Tad, Tat, Daivayoga, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.131). 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: “biṃbisāro nṛpendro 'pi putreṇājātaśatruṇā
  • bimbisāro* -
  • bimbisāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛpe -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
  • indro' -
  • indra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • putreṇā -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ajātaśatruṇā -
  • ajātaśatru (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ajātaśatru (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “vaṃdhane māritaṃ caivaṃ tadapi daivayogataḥ || 131 |
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • andhane -
  • andhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    andhana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • māritam -
  • mārita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mārita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    māritā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    mṛ -> mārita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √mṛ]
    mṛ -> mārita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √mṛ]
    mṛ -> māritā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √mṛ]
    mṛ -> mārita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √mṛ]
    mṛ -> mārita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √mṛ], [accusative single from √mṛ]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • daivayoga -
  • daivayoga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taḥ -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 131
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