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)

इत्यादिष्टं मुनीन्द्रेण सर्वज्ञेन हितार्थिना ।
श्रुतं मया परिज्ञाय तथा चरितुमिछ्यते ॥ ६७ ॥ {६७}

ityādiṣṭaṃ munīndreṇa sarvajñena hitārthinā |
śrutaṃ mayā parijñāya tathā caritumichyate || 67 || {67}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.67 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 (24.67). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Munindra, Sarvajna, Hitarthin, Shrut, Shruta, Maya, Asmad, Parijnaya, Parijna, Tatha, Cari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.67). 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: “ityādiṣṭaṃ munīndreṇa sarvajñena hitārthinā
  • ityādiṣ -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • munīndreṇa -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sarvajñena -
  • sarvajña (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sarvajña (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • hitārthinā -
  • hitārthin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    hitārthin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “śrutaṃ mayā parijñāya tathā caritumichyate || 67 |
  • śrutam -
  • śruta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śruta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrutā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śrut (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrut (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    śru -> śruta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śruta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śru class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śru class 5 verb]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • parijñāya -
  • parijñāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parijñāya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    parijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cari -
  • cari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    carī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • michyate -
  • mich (verb class 6)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 67
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