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)

तत्र तं समुपायातं विरूपं विकृताश्रयं ।
स विरूपः समालोक्य हर्षित एवमब्रवीत् ॥ ६४ ॥ {६४}

tatra taṃ samupāyātaṃ virūpaṃ vikṛtāśrayaṃ |
sa virūpaḥ samālokya harṣita evamabravīt || 64 || {64}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.64 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 (32.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Samupayata, Virupa, Vikrita, Samalokya, Harshita, Evam, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 32.64). 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: “tatra taṃ samupāyātaṃ virūpaṃ vikṛtāśrayaṃ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
  • samupāyātam -
  • samupāyāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samupāyāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samupāyātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “sa virūpaḥ samālokya harṣita evamabravīt || 64 |
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • virūpaḥ -
  • virūpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samālokya -
  • samālokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • harṣita* -
  • harṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    hṛṣ -> harṣita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √hṛṣ]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 64
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