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)

आर्त्तस्वरा विरावन्ती क्रंदन्ती सा समंततः ।
अन्नपान हि मार्गन्ती पर्यभ्रमदितस्ततः ॥ १४० ॥ {४०}

ārttasvarā virāvantī kraṃdantī sā samaṃtataḥ |
annapāna hi mārgantī paryabhramaditastataḥ || 140 || {40}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.140 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 (24.140). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svara, Virava, Vira, Viri, Anti, Krandat, Krandanti, Samantatah, Samantatas, Annapana, Margat, Marganti, Pari, Itastatah, Itastatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.140). 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: “ārttasvarā virāvantī kraṃdantī samaṃtataḥ
  • ārtta -
  • ard (verb class 7)
    [imperfect active second plural]
  • svarā* -
  • svara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    svarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • virāva -
  • virāva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    viri (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • antī -
  • antī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    anti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • krandantī -
  • krand -> krandat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √krand class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √krand class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √krand class 1 verb]
    krand -> krandantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √krand class 1 verb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • samantataḥ -
  • samantataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samantatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “annapāna hi mārgantī paryabhramaditastataḥ || 140 |
  • annapāna -
  • annapāna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    annapāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • mārgantī -
  • mārg -> mārgat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √mārg class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √mārg class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √mārg class 1 verb]
    mārg -> mārgantī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mārg class 1 verb]
  • parya -
  • pari (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    pari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    parī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pari (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • abhramad -
  • bhram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • itastataḥ -
  • itastataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    itastatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 140
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