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)

मुण्डिता खिक्खिरीपात्रदधानाश्चीवरावृताः ।
यतिनः सुगताकारास्त्रियानमोक्षदेशकाः ॥ ७४ ॥ {७४}

muṇḍitā khikkhirīpātradadhānāścīvarāvṛtāḥ |
yatinaḥ sugatākārāstriyānamokṣadeśakāḥ || 74 || {74}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.74 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 (35.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mundita, Yatin, Sugata, Akara, Triyana, Mokshada, Shaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 35.74). 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: “muṇḍitā khikkhirīpātradadhānāścīvarāvṛtāḥ
  • muṇḍitā -
  • muṇḍitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    muṇḍ -> muṇḍitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √muṇḍ class 1 verb]
    muṇḍ (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • Cannot analyse khikkhirīpātradadhānāścīvarāvṛtāḥ
  • Line 2: “yatinaḥ sugatākārāstriyānamokṣadeśakāḥ || 74 |
  • yatinaḥ -
  • yatin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sugatā -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sugatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akārās -
  • akāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • triyāna -
  • triyāna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mokṣade -
  • mokṣadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    mokṣada (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    mokṣada (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • śakāḥ -
  • śaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 74
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