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)

इत्युक्त्वा स समाश्वास्य ब्राह्मणं तं प्रलोभितं ।
सहसा पुरतो गत्वा पित्रोरेवमभाषत ॥ ३३ ॥ {३२}

ityuktvā sa samāśvāsya brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ pralobhitaṃ |
sahasā purato gatvā pitrorevamabhāṣata || 33 || {32}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.33 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 (36.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Uktva, Samashvasya, Brahmana, Pralobhita, Sahasa, Sahas, Puratah, Purat, Pitri, Reva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.33). 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: “ityuktvā sa samāśvāsya brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ pralobhitaṃ
  • ityu -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • uktvā -
  • uktvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vac -> uktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
    vac -> uktvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vac]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • samāśvāsya -
  • samāśvāsya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāśvāsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇam -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pralobhitam -
  • pralobhita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pralobhita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pralobhitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sahasā purato gatvā pitrorevamabhāṣata || 33 |
  • sahasā -
  • sahasā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sahas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sahas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • purato* -
  • purataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pur -> purat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √pur class 6 verb], [ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]
    pur -> purat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √pur class 6 verb], [genitive single from √pur class 6 verb]
    pur (verb class 6)
    [present active third dual]
  • gatvā -
  • gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
    gam -> gatvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √gam]
  • pitror -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • revam -
  • reva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    reva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    revā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abhāṣata -
  • bhāṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle third single]
  • Cannot analyse 33
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