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)

अत्रासौ सुप्रियो नाम गन्धर्वाधिपतेः सुतः ।
नूनं नो मदघाताय विजेतुं समुपागतः ॥ २९ ॥ {२९}

atrāsau supriyo nāma gandharvādhipateḥ sutaḥ |
nūnaṃ no madaghātāya vijetuṃ samupāgataḥ || 29 || {29}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.29 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 (14.29). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atra, Asi, Asu, Adah, Supriya, Naman, Gandharva, Adhipati, Sut, Suta, Nunam, Asmad, Mada, Ghata, Samupagata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.29). 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: “atrāsau supriyo nāma gandharvādhipateḥ sutaḥ
  • atrā -
  • atra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    atra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • supriyo* -
  • supriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • gandharvā -
  • gandharva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    gandharvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhipateḥ -
  • adhipati (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sutaḥ -
  • sut (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sut (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    suta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    su -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √su class 5 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> suta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb]
    su (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • Line 2: “nūnaṃ no madaghātāya vijetuṃ samupāgataḥ || 29 |
  • nūnam -
  • nūnam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • no* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • mada -
  • mada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ghātāya -
  • ghāta (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ghāta (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • vijet -
  • vij (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
  • um -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • samupāgataḥ -
  • samupāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 29
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