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)

इति तेनार्थितं श्रुत्वा स चाप्यनाथपिण्डदः ।
तद्द्वैगुण्येन मूल्येन कमलं तमयाचत ॥ २६ ॥ {२५}

iti tenārthitaṃ śrutvā sa cāpyanāthapiṇḍadaḥ |
taddvaiguṇyena mūlyena kamalaṃ tamayācata || 26 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.26 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 (27.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Tad, Tena, Arthita, Capin, Capya, Capi, Anathapindada, Tat, Dvaigunya, Mulya, Kamala, Tama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.26). 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: “iti tenārthitaṃ śrutvā sa cāpyanāthapiṇḍadaḥ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • arthitam -
  • arthita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arthita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arthitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāpya -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ci]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ci]
  • anāthapiṇḍadaḥ -
  • anāthapiṇḍada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “taddvaiguṇyena mūlyena kamalaṃ tamayācata || 26 |
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dvaiguṇyena -
  • dvaiguṇya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • mūlyena -
  • mūlya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mūlya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    mūl -> mūlya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √mūl class 1 verb]
    mūl -> mūlya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √mūl class 1 verb]
  • kamalam -
  • kamala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kamala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kamalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tamayā -
  • tamā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • acata* -
  • Cannot analyse 26
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