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 ते ज्ञातयः सर्वे लोका अन्ये ऽपि हर्षिताः ।
तत्र प्रेतां समायातां तां द्रष्टुं समुपागताः ॥ २०६ ॥ {६}

tatra te jñātayaḥ sarve lokā anye 'pi harṣitāḥ |
tatra pretāṃ samāyātāṃ tāṃ draṣṭuṃ samupāgatāḥ || 206 || {6}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.206 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 (24.206). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Tad, Yushmad, Jnati, Sarva, Loka, Anya, Api, Harshita, Preta, Samayata, Samupagata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.206). 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 te jñātayaḥ sarve lokā anye 'pi harṣitāḥ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
  • jñātayaḥ -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • lokā* -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • anye' -
  • anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • harṣitāḥ -
  • harṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    harṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    hṛṣ -> harṣita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √hṛṣ], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ]
    hṛṣ -> harṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √hṛṣ], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ]
  • Line 2: “tatra pretāṃ samāyātāṃ tāṃ draṣṭuṃ samupāgatāḥ || 206 |
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pretām -
  • pretā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [imperative active third dual], [imperative middle third single]
  • samāyātām -
  • samāyātā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • draṣṭum -
  • dṛś -> draṣṭum (infinitive)
    [infinitive from √dṛś]
  • samupāgatāḥ -
  • samupāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samupāgatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 206
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