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)

विहारे समुपासृत्य दृष्ट्वा तं श्रीघनं मुदा ।
नत्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्वा प्रहर्षिता उपाचरन् ॥ १७९ ॥ {६७}

vihāre samupāsṛtya dṛṣṭvā taṃ śrīghanaṃ mudā |
natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtvā praharṣitā upācaran || 179 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.179 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 (16.179). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vihara, Upa, Shrighana, Mud, Muda, Praharshita, Acarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.179). 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: “vihāre samupāsṛtya dṛṣṭvā taṃ śrīghanaṃ mudā
  • 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]
  • asṛtya -
  • 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]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtvā praharṣitā upācaran || 179 |
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • Cannot analyse pradakṣiṇīkṛtvā*pr
  • praharṣitā* -
  • praharṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    praharṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • Cannot analyse 179
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