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)

मृषावादरता ये च ते ऽप्यासन् सत्यभाषिणः ।
पैशुन्याभिरता ये च ते ऽपि विश्रम्भभोजनाः ॥ ८७ ॥ {८६}

mṛṣāvādaratā ye ca te 'pyāsan satyabhāṣiṇaḥ |
paiśunyābhiratā ye ca te 'pi viśrambhabhojanāḥ || 87 || {86}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.87 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 (25.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mrishavada, Rata, Yah, Yat, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Apya, Sat, Sati, Satya, Abhashi, Paishunya, Abhirata, Vishrambha, Bhojana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.87). 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: “mṛṣāvādaratā ye ca te 'pyāsan satyabhāṣiṇaḥ
  • mṛṣāvāda -
  • mṛṣāvāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛṣāvāda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratā* -
  • rata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    ram -> rata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √ram class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ram class 1 verb]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • apyā -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
    apyā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āsan -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third plural]
  • satya -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    satya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    satya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • abhāṣiṇaḥ -
  • abhāṣī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “paiśunyābhiratā ye ca te 'pi viśrambhabhojanāḥ || 87 |
  • paiśunyā -
  • paiśunya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhiratā* -
  • abhirata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    abhiratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • viśrambha -
  • viśrambha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhojanāḥ -
  • bhojana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 87
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