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 तं श्रीघनं दृष्ट्वा मुदितः समुपासरन् ।
नत्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य समानर्च्च यथाविधिः ॥ ७७ ॥ {६७}

tatra taṃ śrīghanaṃ dṛṣṭvā muditaḥ samupāsaran |
natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya samānarcca yathāvidhiḥ || 77 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.77 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 (20.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Shrighana, Mudita, Pradakshinikritya, Yatha, Avidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.77). 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 taṃ śrīghanaṃ dṛṣṭvā muditaḥ samupāsaran
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • muditaḥ -
  • mudita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 10 verb]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • asaran -
  • sṛ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Line 2: “natvā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya samānarcca yathāvidhiḥ || 77 |
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • pradakṣiṇīkṛtya -
  • pradakṣiṇīkṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pradakṣiṇīkṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse samānarcca*ya
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • avidhiḥ -
  • avidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 77
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