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)

तस्यां रात्रौ महत्कान्तिं प्रभां दृष्ट्वा सविस्मयाः ।
सर्वे ते महिषीपाला वभूवुः शंकिताशयाः ॥ १०६ ॥ {९६}

tasyāṃ rātrau mahatkāntiṃ prabhāṃ dṛṣṭvā savismayāḥ |
sarve te mahiṣīpālā vabhūvuḥ śaṃkitāśayāḥ || 106 || {96}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.106 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 (20.106). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ratrau, Ratra, Mahat, Kanti, Prabha, Savismaya, Sarva, Tad, Yushmad, Mahishipala, Abhu, Shankita, Ashaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 20.106). 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: “tasyāṃ rātrau mahatkāntiṃ prabhāṃ dṛṣṭvā savismayāḥ
  • tasyām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • rātrau -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mahat -
  • atimahat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    mahat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • kāntim -
  • kānti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • prabhām -
  • prabhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • savismayāḥ -
  • savismaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    savismayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “sarve te mahiṣīpālā vabhūvuḥ śaṃkitāśayāḥ || 106 |
  • 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]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • mahiṣīpālā* -
  • mahiṣīpāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • uvuḥ -
  • u (verb class 1)
    [perfect active third plural]
    u (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
    u (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • śaṅkitā -
  • śaṅkita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śaṅkitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śaṅk -> śaṅkita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √śaṅk class 1 verb]
    śaṅk -> śaṅkita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √śaṅk class 1 verb]
    śaṅk -> śaṅkitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śaṅk class 1 verb]
    śaṅk (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • āśayāḥ -
  • āśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    āśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 106
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