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)

ततः स सांजलिर्नत्वा पादाब्जवोर्जगद्गुरोः ।
संबुद्धपदलाभाय प्रणिधानं व्यधाद्धृदो ॥ ८१ ॥ {७८}

tataḥ sa sāṃjalirnatvā pādābjavorjagadguroḥ |
saṃbuddhapadalābhāya praṇidhānaṃ vyadhāddhṛdo || 81 || {78}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.81 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 (27.81). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sanjali, Pada, Abja, Jagadguru, Sambuddha, Labha, Pranidhana, Vyadha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.81). 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: “tataḥ sa sāṃjalirnatvā pādābjavorjagadguroḥ
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sāñjalir -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • pādā -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abja -
  • abja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vor -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • jagadguroḥ -
  • jagadguru (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “saṃbuddhapadalābhāya praṇidhānaṃ vyadhāddhṛdo || 81 |
  • sambuddha -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sambuddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pada -
  • pada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • lābhāya -
  • lābha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • praṇidhānam -
  • praṇidhāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vyadhāddh -
  • vyadha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • hṛdo* -
  • Cannot analyse 81
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