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)

तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्रह्मदत्तो ऽपि क्षत्रियो भूपतिर्नृपः ।
स्वस्त्ययनविधिं धृत्वा स्वान्तःपुरसमन्वितः ॥ ११ ॥ {११}

tacchrutvā brahmadatto 'pi kṣatriyo bhūpatirnṛpaḥ |
svastyayanavidhiṃ dhṛtvā svāntaḥpurasamanvitaḥ || 11 || {11}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.11 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 (33.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Brahmadatta, Api, Kshatriya, Bhupati, Nripa, Svastyayana, Vidhi, Dhritva, Dhritvan, Svanta, Purasa, Anvita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.11). 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: “tacchrutvā brahmadatto 'pi kṣatriyo bhūpatirnṛpaḥ
  • tacch -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • brahmadatto' -
  • brahmadatta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kṣatriyo* -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūpatir -
  • bhūpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛpaḥ -
  • nṛpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svastyayanavidhiṃ dhṛtvā svāntaḥpurasamanvitaḥ || 11 |
  • svastyayana -
  • svastyayana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svastyayana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vidhim -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • dhṛtvā -
  • dhṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dhṛ -> dhṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dhṛ]
    dhṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svāntaḥ -
  • svānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • purasam -
  • purasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    purasa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • anvitaḥ -
  • anvita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 11
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