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)

तदा तस्य मुनीन्द्रस्य मुखपद्माद्विनिर्गताः ।
पंचवर्णा विभासन्तो विनिश्चेरुः सुभानवः ॥ २९२ ॥ {९०}

tadā tasya munīndrasya mukhapadmādvinirgatāḥ |
paṃcavarṇā vibhāsanto viniśceruḥ subhānavaḥ || 292 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.292 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 (12.292). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tad, Munindra, Mukhapadma, Vinirgata, Pancavarna, Vibha, Subhanu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 12.292). 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: “tadā tasya munīndrasya mukhapadmādvinirgatāḥ
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • munīndrasya -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • mukhapadmād -
  • mukhapadma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • vinirgatāḥ -
  • vinirgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vinirgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “paṃcavarṇā vibhāsanto viniśceruḥ subhānavaḥ || 292 |
  • pañcavarṇā* -
  • pañcavarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pañcavarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vibhā -
  • vibhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    vibhā (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • asanto* -
  • Cannot analyse viniśceruḥ*su
  • subhānavaḥ -
  • subhānu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    subhānu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 292
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