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)

Verse 32.41

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तदा यदा कुमारत्वं प्राप्तः स विकृताश्रयं ।
स्वरूपं दर्प्पणे दृष्ट्वा विरूपो लज्जितो ऽभवत् ॥ ४१ ॥ {४१}

tadā yadā kumāratvaṃ prāptaḥ sa vikṛtāśrayaṃ |
svarūpaṃ darppaṇe dṛṣṭvā virūpo lajjito 'bhavat || 41 || {41}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.41 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 (32.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Yada, Yad, Kumaratva, Prapta, Vikrita, Svarupa, Virupa, Lajjita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.41). 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: “tadā yadā kumāratvaṃ prāptaḥ sa vikṛtāśrayaṃ ”
tadā* -
tadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yadā -
yadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yadā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
kumāratvam -
kumāratva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prāptaḥ -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
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]
Line 2: “svarūpaṃ darppaṇe dṛṣṭvā virūpo lajjito 'bhavat || 41 |”
svarūpam -
svarūpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarūpa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

svarūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
Cannot analyse darppaṇe*dṛ
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
virūpo* -
virūpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
lajjito' -
√lajj -> lajjita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √lajj class 6 verb], [nominative single from √lajj]
abhavat -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third single]
Cannot analyse 41

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021