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 स कोशलेशस्तं ब्रह्मदत्तं नराधिपं ।
उपेत्य कुशलं दृष्ट्वा स्वपुरे संन्यवेशयत् ॥ १७७ ॥ {७७}

tatra sa kośaleśastaṃ brahmadattaṃ narādhipaṃ |
upetya kuśalaṃ dṛṣṭvā svapure saṃnyaveśayat || 177 || {77}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.177 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 (33.177). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Koshala, Koshali, Shasta, Brahmadatta, Naradhipa, Upetya, Kushalam, Kushala, Svapura,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.177). 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 sa kośaleśastaṃ brahmadattaṃ narādhipaṃ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kośale -
  • kośala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kośala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kośalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kośali (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    kośali (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • śastam -
  • śasta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śasta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śastā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śaṃs -> śasta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
    śaṃs -> śasta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śaṃs class 1 verb]
    śas -> śasta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śas class 1 verb]
    śas -> śasta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śas class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śas class 1 verb]
  • brahmadattam -
  • brahmadatta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    brahmadatta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    brahmadattā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • narādhipam -
  • narādhipa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “upetya kuśalaṃ dṛṣṭvā svapure saṃnyaveśayat || 177 |
  • upetya -
  • upetya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upetya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuśalam -
  • kuśalam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kuśala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kuśala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kuśalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • svapure -
  • svapura (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • saṃnya -
  • saṃni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • aveśayat -
  • viś (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active third single]
    viś (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 177
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