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)

परप्रपञ्चाभिरताः शठाश्चानृतवादिनः ।
कुब्जवामनतां यान्ति ये च रूपाभिमानिनः ॥ १६५ ॥ {३१}

paraprapañcābhiratāḥ śaṭhāścānṛtavādinaḥ |
kubjavāmanatāṃ yānti ye ca rūpābhimāninaḥ || 165 || {31}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.165 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 (28.165). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Para, Prapanca, Shatha, Ritavadin, Kubjavamana, Yantin, Yanti, Yah, Yat, Rupa, Abhimanin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.165). 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: “paraprapañcābhiratāḥ śaṭhāścānṛtavādinaḥ
  • para -
  • para (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • prapañcābhir -
  • prapañcā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • atā -
  • at (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • aḥ -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śaṭhāś -
  • śaṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śaṭhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cān -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ṛtavādinaḥ -
  • ṛtavādin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ṛtavādin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kubjavāmanatāṃ yānti ye ca rūpābhimāninaḥ || 165 |
  • kubjavāmana -
  • kubjavāmana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • yānti -
  • yāntin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāntin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yāntī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    yāntī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāntī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rūpā -
  • rūpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rūpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    rūpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhimāninaḥ -
  • abhimānin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    abhimānin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Cannot analyse 165
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