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)

तत्र स नृपति राजा समुपेत्य कृतांजलिः ।
त्रिधा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य ननाम शरणं गतः ॥ ६४ ॥ {६४}

tatra sa nṛpati rājā samupetya kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
tridhā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya nanāma śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 64 || {64}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.64 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 (28.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Upetya, Kritanjali, Tridha, Pradakshinikritya, Sharana, Gat, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.64). 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: “tatra sa nṛpati rājā samupetya kṛtāṃjaliḥ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛpati -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upetya -
  • upetya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upetya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṛtāñjaliḥ -
  • kṛtāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛtāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tridhā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya nanāma śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 64 |
  • tridhā -
  • tridhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • pradakṣiṇīkṛtya -
  • pradakṣiṇīkṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pradakṣiṇīkṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nanāma -
  • nam (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • śaraṇam -
  • śaraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śaraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaraṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • gataḥ -
  • gat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    gata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 64
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