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)

एवं शास्त्रा मुनीन्द्रेण व्याकृतमात्मनस्तदा ।
श्रुत्वा स नाविको बुद्धः प्राभ्यनंदत्प्रसादितः ॥ ११६ ॥ {१६}

evaṃ śāstrā munīndreṇa vyākṛtamātmanastadā |
śrutvā sa nāviko buddhaḥ prābhyanaṃdatprasāditaḥ || 116 || {16}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.116 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 (21.116). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Evam, Eva, Shastri, Munindra, Vyakrita, Atman, Tada, Navika, Buddha, Prasadita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.116). 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: “evaṃ śāstrā munīndreṇa vyākṛtamātmanastadā
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śāstrā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • munīndreṇa -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • vyākṛtam -
  • vyākṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vyākṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vyākṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātmanas -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “śrutvā sa nāviko buddhaḥ prābhyanaṃdatprasāditaḥ || 116 |
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāviko* -
  • nāvika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • buddhaḥ -
  • buddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prābhya -
  • prābhi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • anandat -
  • nand (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • prasāditaḥ -
  • prasādita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 116
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