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)

धूपो मेघवदम्भो ऽपि वैडूर्यवत्तदाचरत् ।
तद्दृष्ट्वा जनता सर्वा महाश्चर्यं प्रलेहिरे ॥ १०९ ॥ {९}

dhūpo meghavadambho 'pi vaiḍūryavattadācarat |
taddṛṣṭvā janatā sarvā mahāścaryaṃ pralehire || 109 || {9}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.109 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 (26.109). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhupa, Meghavat, Ambhas, Ambha, Api, Vaidurya, Atta, Acarat, Tad, Tat, Janat, Janata, Saru, Sarva, Mahashcarya, Pra, Lehi, Lehin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 26.109). 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: “dhūpo meghavadambho 'pi vaiḍūryavattadācarat
  • dhūpo* -
  • dhūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • meghavad -
  • meghavat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    meghavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ambho' -
  • ambhas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ambha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vaiḍūrya -
  • vaiḍūrya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaiḍūrya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • 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]
  • atta -
  • atta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    atta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • acarat -
  • acarat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    acarat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    car (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Line 2: “taddṛṣṭvā janatā sarvā mahāścaryaṃ pralehire || 109 |
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • janatā -
  • janat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    janat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    janatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jan -> janat (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √jan class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √jan class 2 verb]
    jan -> janat (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √jan class 1 verb], [instrumental single from √jan class 2 verb]
  • sarvā* -
  • saru (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahāścaryam -
  • mahāścarya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahāścarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lehi -
  • lehī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    lehin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    lehin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • re -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 109
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