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)

इत्यादिष्टं मुनीन्द्रेण श्रुत्वा स शोभितो मुदा ।
पादौ तस्य मुनेर्नत्वा सहसा निर्ययौ ततः ॥ ४९ ॥ {४९}

ityādiṣṭaṃ munīndreṇa śrutvā sa śobhito mudā |
pādau tasya munernatvā sahasā niryayau tataḥ || 49 || {49}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.49 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 (35.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Munindra, Shobhita, Mud, Muda, Pada, Padu, Tad, Muni, Sahasa, Tatah, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.49). 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: “ityādiṣṭaṃ munīndreṇa śrutvā sa śobhito mudā
  • ityādiṣ -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • munīndreṇa -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śobhito* -
  • śobhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śubh -> śobhita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śubh class 1 verb], [nominative single from √śubh class 6 verb], [nominative single from √śubh]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pādau tasya munernatvā sahasā niryayau tataḥ || 49 |
  • pādau -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pādu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • muner -
  • muni (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • sahasā* -
  • sahasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sahasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niryayau -
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 49
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