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)

ततः स वालको ऽष्टाभ्यो धात्रीभ्यः प्रतिपालने ।
मानयित्वानुसंभाष्य पित्रा समर्पितो ऽभवत् ॥ ४६ ॥ {४६}

tataḥ sa vālako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyaḥ pratipālane |
mānayitvānusaṃbhāṣya pitrā samarpito 'bhavat || 46 || {46}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.46 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 (13.46). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Valaka, Ashta, Dhatri, Pratipalana, Anu, Sambhashya, Pitri, Samarpita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.46). 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: “tataḥ sa vālako 'ṣṭābhyo dhātrībhyaḥ pratipālane
  • 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]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vālako' -
  • vālaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṣṭābhyo* -
  • aṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
    -> aṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [dative plural from √ class 5 verb], [ablative plural from √ class 5 verb]
  • dhātrībhyaḥ -
  • dhātrī (noun, feminine)
    [dative plural], [ablative plural]
  • pratipālane -
  • pratipālana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “mānayitvānusaṃbhāṣya pitrā samarpito 'bhavat || 46 |
  • mānayitvā -
  • mān -> mānayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √mān]
    man -> mānayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √man]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sambhāṣya -
  • sambhāṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambhāṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pitrā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • samarpito' -
  • samarpita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 46
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