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)

तद्दृष्ट्वा नृपती राजा प्रसेनजिन् स कौशलः ।
तद्वैरशमनोपायं चिरं ध्यात्वा व्यचिंतयत् ॥ २० ॥ {२०}

taddṛṣṭvā nṛpatī rājā prasenajin sa kauśalaḥ |
tadvairaśamanopāyaṃ ciraṃ dhyātvā vyaciṃtayat || 20 || {20}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.20 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 (28.20). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Nripati, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Kausha, Las, Tadva, Tadvan, Aira, Shamana, Upaya, Ciram, Cira, Dhyatva, Vya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.20). 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: “taddṛṣṭvā nṛpatī rājā prasenajin sa kauśalaḥ
  • 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]
  • nṛpatī -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • prasenajin -
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kauśa -
  • kauśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kauśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • laḥ -
  • las (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    las (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    la (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tadvairaśamanopāyaṃ ciraṃ dhyātvā vyaciṃtayat || 20 |
  • tadvai -
  • tadvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • aira -
  • aira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śamano -
  • śamana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śamana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • upāyam -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upāyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ciram -
  • ciram (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    cira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    cirā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dhyātvā* -
  • dhyātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vya -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • acintayat -
  • cint (verb class 10)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 20
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