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)

तद्धेतु श्रोतुमिछंति सर्वे ऽपीमे सभाश्रिताः ।
तदेषां संशयं छेतुं तद्धेतु समुपादिश ॥ २६६ ॥ {२९६}

taddhetu śrotumichaṃti sarve 'pīme sabhāśritāḥ |
tadeṣāṃ saṃśayaṃ chetuṃ taddhetu samupādiśa || 266 || {296}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.266 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 (13.266). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Michat, Michanti, Sarva, Sabha, Ashrita, Tada, Ish, Isha, Samshaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 13.266). 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: “taddhetu śrotumichaṃti sarve 'pīme sabhāśritāḥ
  • taddh -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hetu -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śrotu -
  • śrotu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • michanti -
  • mich -> michat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √mich class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √mich class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √mich class 6 verb]
    mich -> michantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √mich class 6 verb]
    mich (verb class 6)
    [present active third plural]
  • sarve' -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • apīme -
  • sabhā -
  • sabha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśritāḥ -
  • aśrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    aśritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “tadeṣāṃ saṃśayaṃ chetuṃ taddhetu samupādiśa || 266 |
  • tade -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iṣām -
  • iṣ (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣ (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    iṣā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • saṃśayam -
  • saṃśaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse chetum*ta
  • taddh -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hetu -
  • hetu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • adiśa* -
  • Cannot analyse 266
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