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)

ततः स भिक्षुरायुष्मान् विहारे समुपाचरन् ।
दृष्ट्वा तं श्रीघनं नत्वा साञ्जलिः समुपाश्रयन् ॥ ७४ ॥ {७३}

tataḥ sa bhikṣurāyuṣmān vihāre samupācaran |
dṛṣṭvā taṃ śrīghanaṃ natvā sāñjaliḥ samupāśrayan || 74 || {73}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.74 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 (16.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhikshu, Ayushmat, Vihara, Upa, Acarat, Shrighana, Sanjali,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.74). 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: “tataḥ sa bhikṣurāyuṣmān vihāre samupācaran
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhikṣur -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyuṣmān -
  • āyuṣmat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vihāre -
  • vihāra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upā -
  • upā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    upā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • acaran -
  • acarat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā taṃ śrīghanaṃ natvā sāñjaliḥ samupāśrayan || 74 |
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śrīghanam -
  • śrīghana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrīghana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • sāñjaliḥ -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • aśrayan -
  • śri (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 74
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