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)

तथापि कथ्यते ऽल्पत्वात्तवाभिबोधने मया ।
श्रुत्वा त्वया विचार्यैव सदसच्च परीक्ष्यतां ॥ १४८ ॥ {४०}

tathāpi kathyate 'lpatvāttavābhibodhane mayā |
śrutvā tvayā vicāryaiva sadasacca parīkṣyatāṃ || 148 || {40}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.148 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 (27.148). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatha, Api, Alpatva, Yushmad, Abhi, Bodhana, Maya, Asmad, Tva, Vicarin, Vicarya, Vicari, Sadasat, Parikshya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 27.148). 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: “tathāpi kathyate 'lpatvāttavābhibodhane mayā
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kathyate' -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • alpatvāt -
  • alpatva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tavā -
  • yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [genitive single]
  • abhi -
  • abhi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    abhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    abhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    abhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    abhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bodhane -
  • bodhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bodhana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • mayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “śrutvā tvayā vicāryaiva sadasacca parīkṣyatāṃ || 148 |
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • tvayā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [instrumental single]
  • vicāryai -
  • vicārin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vicārin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vicārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicārī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    vicārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single], [dative single]
    vicārī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vicāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sadasac -
  • sadasat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    sadasat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parīkṣya -
  • parīkṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    parīkṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 148
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