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)

यथायमुत्तरो विप्रो व्याकृतस्तेन तायिना ।
कलौ शाक्यमुनिर्नाम तथागतो भवेदिटि ॥ २४८ ॥ {४८}

yathāyamuttaro vipro vyākṛtastena tāyinā |
kalau śākyamunirnāma tathāgato bhavediṭi || 248 || {48}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.248 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 (33.248). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Tta, Vipra, Vyakrita, Tad, Tena, Tayin, Kala, Kali, Shakyamuni, Naman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 33.248). 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: “yathāyamuttaro vipro vyākṛtastena tāyinā
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yamu -
  • yamau (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • tta -
  • tta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ro* -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vipro* -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vyākṛtas -
  • vyākṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tena -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • tāyinā -
  • tāyin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “kalau śākyamunirnāma tathāgato bhavediṭi || 248 |
  • kalau -
  • kala (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kali (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śākyamunir -
  • śākyamuni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tathāgato* -
  • Cannot analyse bhavediṭi*24
  • Cannot analyse 248
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