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)

इत्यादिष्टं मुनीन्द्रेण श्रुत्वा मौद्गल्य आत्मवित् ।
शास्तुः पादाम्बुजौ नत्वा सांजलिः समुपाश्रयत् ॥ १०० ॥ {९९}

ityādiṣṭaṃ munīndreṇa śrutvā maudgalya ātmavit |
śāstuḥ pādāmbujau natvā sāṃjaliḥ samupāśrayat || 100 || {99}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.100 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 (29.100). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Munindra, Maudgalya, Atmavid, Shastri, Padambu, Sanjali,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.100). 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: “ityādiṣṭaṃ munīndreṇa śrutvā maudgalya ātmavit
  • ityādiṣ -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • munīndreṇa -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • maudgalya*ā -
  • maudgalya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    maudgalya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    maudgalyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āt -
  • āt (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ātmavit -
  • ātmavid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ātmavid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śāstuḥ pādāmbujau natvā sāṃjaliḥ samupāśrayat || 100 |
  • śāstuḥ -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pādāmbu -
  • pādāmbu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pādāmbu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pādāmbu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • jau -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ji (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ji (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • sāñjaliḥ -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • samupā -
  • samupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • aśrayat -
  • śri (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 100
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