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 प्रेतगतिप्राप्ता प्रेतीभूता दुराकृतिः ।
स्वकेशप्रतिछन्नांगा शूचीमुखा कृशांगिका ॥ १३८ ॥ {३८}

tatra pretagatiprāptā pretībhūtā durākṛtiḥ |
svakeśapratichannāṃgā śūcīmukhā kṛśāṃgikā || 138 || {38}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.138 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 (24.138). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Prapta, Preti, Bhuta, Durakriti, Svaka, Isha, Prati, Channa, Shuci, Krishangi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.138). 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 pretagatiprāptā pretībhūtā durākṛtiḥ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pretagati -
  • pretagati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • prāptā -
  • prāptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pretī -
  • pretī (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pretī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    preti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhūtā* -
  • bhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • durākṛtiḥ -
  • durākṛti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    durākṛti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svakeśapratichannāṃgā śūcīmukhā kṛśāṃgikā || 138 |
  • svake -
  • svaka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    svaka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īśa -
  • īśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    īśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • channā -
  • channa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    channa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    channa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    channā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṅgā -
  • śūcī -
  • śūci (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    śūci (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mukhā -
  • kṛśāṅgi -
  • kṛśāṅgī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
  • kā* -
  • Cannot analyse 138
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