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)

ततः सा समये ऽसूत दारकं दुर्भगाकृतिं ।
दुर्वर्णं दुरिताकारं विरूपं विकृताश्रयं ॥ २३ ॥ {२३}

tataḥ sā samaye 'sūta dārakaṃ durbhagākṛtiṃ |
durvarṇaṃ duritākāraṃ virūpaṃ vikṛtāśrayaṃ || 23 || {23}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.23 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 (32.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Samaye, Samaya, Asuta, Daraka, Durbhaga, Akriti, Durvarna, Durita, Akara, Virupa, Vikrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.23). 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: “tataḥ samaye 'sūta dārakaṃ durbhagākṛtiṃ
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • samaye' -
  • samaye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    samayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sam (verb class 10)
    [present middle first single]
  • asūta -
  • asūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asūta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperfect middle third single]
  • dārakam -
  • dāraka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāraka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dārakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • durbhagā -
  • durbhaga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    durbhaga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    durbhagā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ākṛtim -
  • ākṛti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    ākṛti (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “durvarṇaṃ duritākāraṃ virūpaṃ vikṛtāśrayaṃ || 23 |
  • durvarṇam -
  • durvarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durvarṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durvarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • duritā -
  • durita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    durita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative plural], [vocative single]
    duritā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akāram -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • virūpam -
  • virūpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    virūpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    virūpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vikṛtā -
  • vikṛta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vikṛta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vikṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśrayam -
  • śri (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single]
  • Cannot analyse 23
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