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)

अन्धा रूपाणि पश्यन्तः शृण्वन्तो वधिरा रवान् ।
हीनेन्द्रियाश्च ये ते ऽपि प्रतिलब्धेन्द्रिया ववुः ॥ ५९ ॥ {५९}

andhā rūpāṇi paśyantaḥ śṛṇvanto vadhirā ravān |
hīnendriyāśca ye te 'pi pratilabdhendriyā vavuḥ || 59 || {59}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.59 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 (15.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Andha, Rupa, Pashyat, Shrinvat, Vadhira, Rava, Hinendriya, Yah, Yat, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Prati, Labdhri, Labdha, Labdhi, Indriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 15.59). 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: “andhā rūpāṇi paśyantaḥ śṛṇvanto vadhirā ravān
  • andhā* -
  • andha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    andhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rūpāṇi -
  • rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • paśyantaḥ -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • śṛṇvanto* -
  • śru -> śṛṇvat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śru class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √śru class 5 verb]
  • vadhirā* -
  • vadhira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ravān -
  • rava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “hīnendriyāśca ye te 'pi pratilabdhendriyā vavuḥ || 59 |
  • hīnendriyāś -
  • hīnendriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • labdhe -
  • labdha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    labdha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    labdhṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    labdhṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    labdhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    labdhi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √labh class 1 verb], [locative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [locative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labdhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √labh class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative single from √labh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • indriyā* -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vavuḥ -
  • (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    vai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 59
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