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)

शृणुत भिक्षवः सर्वे यो ऽद्य रात्राविहागतः ।
एतत्सर्वं प्रवृत्तांतं प्रवक्ष्यामि सुविस्तरं ॥ ११९ ॥ {१२}

śṛṇuta bhikṣavaḥ sarve yo 'dya rātrāvihāgataḥ |
etatsarvaṃ pravṛttāṃtaṃ pravakṣyāmi suvistaraṃ || 119 || {12}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.119 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 (31.119). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhikshu, Sarva, Yah, Adya, Ratrau, Ratra, Ihagata, Etad, Sarvam, Pravritta, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Suvistara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 31.119). 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: “śṛṇuta bhikṣavaḥ sarve yo 'dya rātrāvihāgataḥ
  • śṛṇuta -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • 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]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adya -
  • adya (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    adya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    adya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rātrāvi -
  • rātrau (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rātra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ihāgataḥ -
  • ihāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “etatsarvaṃ pravṛttāṃtaṃ pravakṣyāmi suvistaraṃ || 119 |
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pravṛttān -
  • pravṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • prava -
  • prava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kṣyā -
  • kṣi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ami -
  • amin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    amin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • suvistaram -
  • suvistara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    suvistara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    suvistarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 119
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