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)

तद्दृष्ट्वा ते सभालोका विस्मयोद्धतमानसाः ।
किमेतदिति संचिन्त्य सर्वे तस्थुः शकौतुकाः ॥ १७४ ॥ {७४}

taddṛṣṭvā te sabhālokā vismayoddhatamānasāḥ |
kimetaditi saṃcintya sarve tasthuḥ śakautukāḥ || 174 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.174 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 (14.174). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Yushmad, Sabha, Aloka, Vismaya, Uddhata, Anasa, Kimi, Iti, Sancintya, Sarva, Shaka, Tuka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 14.174). 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: “taddṛṣṭvā te sabhālokā vismayoddhatamānasāḥ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • sabhā -
  • sabha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sabhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alokā* -
  • aloka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    alokā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vismayo -
  • vismaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vismaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vismayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uddhatam -
  • uddhata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    uddhata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uddhatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānasāḥ -
  • ānasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ānasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “kimetaditi saṃcintya sarve tasthuḥ śakautukāḥ || 174 |
  • kime -
  • kimi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    kimi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sañcintya -
  • sañcintya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sañcintya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • tasthuḥ -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • śakau -
  • śaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • tukāḥ -
  • tuka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    tukā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 174
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