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)

तिक्ताम्ललवणादीनि रसानि विविधानि च ।
शुन्ठीश्च पिप्पिरीश्चापि मरिचानि ददुर्मुदा ॥ ६५ ॥ {६५}

tiktāmlalavaṇādīni rasāni vividhāni ca |
śunṭhīśca pippirīścāpi maricāni dadurmudā || 65 || {65}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.65 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 (16.65). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tikta, Lala, Vana, Vividha, Marica,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.65). 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: “tiktāmlalavaṇādīni rasāni vividhāni ca
  • tiktām -
  • tiktā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    tig -> tiktā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √tig class 5 verb]
    tij -> tiktā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √tij class 1 verb]
    tik -> tiktā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √tik class 1 verb], [accusative single from √tik class 5 verb]
  • lala -
  • lala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    lala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active second plural]
    lal (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vaṇād -
  • vaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ī -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    i (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • rasāni -
  • ras (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • vividhāni -
  • vividha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “śunṭhīśca pippirīścāpi maricāni dadurmudā || 65 |
  • Cannot analyse śunṭhīśca*pi
  • Cannot analyse pippirīścāpi*ma
  • maricāni -
  • marica (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dadur -
  • (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active third plural]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active third plural]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
    de (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • mudā* -
  • Cannot analyse 65
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