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)

अंधा रूपाणि प्राद्राक्षुर्वधिराः शुश्रुवु रवं ।
ये च हीनेंद्रियास्ते ऽपि सर्वे पूर्णेन्द्रिया वभुः ॥ ८१ ॥ {८०}

aṃdhā rūpāṇi prādrākṣurvadhirāḥ śuśruvu ravaṃ |
ye ca hīneṃdriyāste 'pi sarve pūrṇendriyā vabhuḥ || 81 || {80}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.81 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 (25.81). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Andha, Rupa, Pra, Prat, Ragh, Adhi, Rava, Yah, Yat, Hinendriya, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Sarva, Purna, Purni, Indriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.81). 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: “aṃdhā rūpāṇi prādrākṣurvadhirāḥ śuśruvu ravaṃ
  • andhā* -
  • andha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    andhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • rūpāṇi -
  • rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prād -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    prā -> prāt (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √prā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √prā class 2 verb], [accusative single from √prā class 2 verb]
  • rākṣu -
  • rāgh (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • rva -
  • ru (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • adhir -
  • adhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    adhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • āḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse śuśruvu*ra
  • ravam -
  • rava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ravā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “ye ca hīneṃdriyāste 'pi sarve pūrṇendriyā vabhuḥ || 81 |
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hīnendriyās -
  • hīnendriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • 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]
  • pūrṇe -
  • pūrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    pūrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    pūrṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pūrṇi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [locative single from √pṝ class 9 verb]
    pṝ -> pūrṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 6 verb], [nominative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [nominative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √pṝ class 9 verb], [vocative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb], [accusative dual from √pṝ class 9 verb]
  • indriyā* -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhuḥ -
  • bhā (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 81
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