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)

तस्मिन्नवसरे तत्र मृगदावे समाश्रितः ।
भगवान्निति शुश्राव पांचालौत्तराधिपः ॥ ५२ ॥ {५२}

tasminnavasare tatra mṛgadāve samāśritaḥ |
bhagavānniti śuśrāva pāṃcālauttarādhipaḥ || 52 || {52}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.52 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 (28.52). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Avasare, Avasara, Tatra, Mrigadava, Samashrita, Bhagavat, Iti, Pancala, Pancali, Auttara, Adhipa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.52). 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: “tasminnavasare tatra mṛgadāve samāśritaḥ
  • tasminn -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • avasare -
  • avasare (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    avasara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mṛgadāve -
  • mṛgadāva (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • samāśritaḥ -
  • samāśrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “bhagavānniti śuśrāva pāṃcālauttarādhipaḥ || 52 |
  • bhagavānn -
  • bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śuśrāva -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • pāñcālau -
  • pāñcāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pāñcāla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pāñcāli (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • auttarā -
  • auttara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    auttara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    auttarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhipaḥ -
  • adhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adhipā (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 52
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