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)

Verse 16.172

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अथ बुद्धानुभावेन सर्वे ते प्रेतपूर्वकाः ।
देवपुत्रा अनुस्मृत्वा प्रबोधिताः समब्रुवन् ॥ १७२ ॥ {६०}

atha buddhānubhāvena sarve te pretapūrvakāḥ |
devaputrā anusmṛtvā prabodhitāḥ samabruvan || 172 || {60}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.172 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 (16.172). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Buddhanubhava, Sarva, Tad, Yushmad, Preta, Purvaka, Devaputra, Anu, Smritva, Prabodhita, Abruvat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.172). 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: “atha buddhānubhāvena sarve te pretapūrvakāḥ ”
atha -
atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
buddhānubhāvena -
buddhānubhāva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

buddhānubhāva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental 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]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
preta -
preta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

preta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
pūrvakāḥ -
pūrvaka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “devaputrā anusmṛtvā prabodhitāḥ samabruvan || 172 |”
devaputrā* -
devaputra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

devaputrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
anu -
anu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

anu (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

anu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

anu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

anu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
smṛtvā -
√smṛ -> smṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √smṛ]

smṛtvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prabodhitāḥ -
prabodhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prabodhitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sam -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
abruvan -
abruvat (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third plural]
Cannot analyse 172

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021