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)

तत्र तद्गंधमाघ्राय दृष्ट्वा तं रक्तचीवरं ।
रुषा लांगूलमुन्नाम्य संमुखः प्राभ्यधावत ॥ २२ ॥ {२२}

tatra tadgaṃdhamāghrāya dṛṣṭvā taṃ raktacīvaraṃ |
ruṣā lāṃgūlamunnāmya saṃmukhaḥ prābhyadhāvata || 22 || {22}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.22 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 (20.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Tad, Tat, Gandha, Raktacivara, Rusha, Langula, Unnamya, Mukha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.22). 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: “tatra tadgaṃdhamāghrāya dṛṣṭvā taṃ raktacīvaraṃ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gandham -
  • gandha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gandha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    gandhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ghrāya -
  • ghrā -> ghrāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ghrā]
    ghrā -> ghrāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ghrā]
    ghrā -> ghrāya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ghrā]
  • 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]
  • raktacīvaram -
  • raktacīvara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    raktacīvara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ruṣā lāṃgūlamunnāmya saṃmukhaḥ prābhyadhāvata || 22 |
  • ruṣā* -
  • ruṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • lāṅgūlam -
  • lāṅgūla (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • unnāmya -
  • unnāmya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mukhaḥ -
  • mukha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prābhya -
  • prābhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • adhāvata -
  • dhāv (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
    dhāv (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second plural], [imperfect middle third single]
  • Cannot analyse 22
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