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)

तं प्रेतं विकृतं पात्रं धृतं चीवरप्रावृतं ।
दृष्ट्वा ते भिक्षवः सर्वे समुद्विग्ना विचेरिरे ॥ ४२ ॥ {४२}

taṃ pretaṃ vikṛtaṃ pātraṃ dhṛtaṃ cīvaraprāvṛtaṃ |
dṛṣṭvā te bhikṣavaḥ sarve samudvignā vicerire || 42 || {42}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.42 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:

Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (31.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Preta, Vikrita, Patra, Dhritam, Dhrit, Dhrita, Civara, Pravrita, Pravrit, Tad, Yushmad, Bhikshu, Sarva, Samudvigna, Vici, Ira,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.42). 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: “taṃ pretaṃ vikṛtaṃ pātraṃ dhṛtaṃ cīvaraprāvṛtaṃ
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pretam -
  • preta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    preta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pretā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • vikṛtam -
  • vikṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vikṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vikṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pātram -
  • pātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dhṛtam -
  • dhṛtam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    dhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • cīvara -
  • cīvara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cīvara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prāvṛtam -
  • prāvṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prāvṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prāvṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    prāvṛt (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    prāvṛt (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “dṛṣṭvā te bhikṣavaḥ sarve samudvignā vicerire || 42 |
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • bhikṣavaḥ -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • samudvignā* -
  • samudvigna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    samudvignā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vicer -
  • vici (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ire -
  • irā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ir (verb class 6)
    [present middle first single]
  • Cannot analyse 42
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