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)

तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्र पिशुनाख्यद्विजन्मनः ।
धेनुवत्सा वने नष्टा वभूवुर्यूथनिर्गताः ॥ ८ ॥ {८}

tasminnavasare tatra piśunākhyadvijanmanaḥ |
dhenuvatsā vane naṣṭā vabhūvuryūthanirgatāḥ || 8 || {8}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.8 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 (19.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Avasare, Avasara, Tatra, Pishuna, Vijanman, Dhenu, Vatsa, Vana, Vani, Nashta, Abhu, Yutha, Nirgata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.8). 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: “tasminnavasare tatra piśunākhyadvijanmanaḥ
  • tasminn -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • avasare -
  • avasare (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    avasara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • piśunā -
  • piśuna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    piśuna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    piśunā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akhyad -
  • khyā (verb class 2)
    [aorist active third single]
  • vijanmanaḥ -
  • vijanman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vijanman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “dhenuvatsā vane naṣṭā vabhūvuryūthanirgatāḥ || 8 |
  • dhenu -
  • dhenu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhenu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dhenu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vatsā* -
  • vatsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vatsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vane -
  • vana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vani (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • naṣṭā* -
  • naṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    naṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 4 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb]
    naś -> naṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √naś class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √naś class 1 verb]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhū -
  • abhū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • uvur -
  • u (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
    u (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    u (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • yūtha -
  • yūtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yūtha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nirgatāḥ -
  • nirgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    nirgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 8
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