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)

शृणु तात यदर्थे ऽहं स्वशिरःसंभवामपि ।
मुक्तामालं समुद्धृत्य दित्सामि तत्प्रवक्ष्यते ॥ ४० ॥ {३९}

śṛṇu tāta yadarthe 'haṃ svaśiraḥsaṃbhavāmapi |
muktāmālaṃ samuddhṛtya ditsāmi tatpravakṣyate || 40 || {39}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.40 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:

Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (36.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tata, Yadartha, Aha, Asmad, Sva, Svan, Ashira, Ashiras, Sambhava, Api, Samuddhritya, Tat, Tad, Pra, Vakshyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.40). 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: “śṛṇu tāta yadarthe 'haṃ svaśiraḥsaṃbhavāmapi
  • śṛṇu -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tāta -
  • tāta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yadarthe' -
  • yadartha (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yadartha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    yadarthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • sva -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • aśiraḥ -
  • aśiras (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    aśiras (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    aśira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sambhavām -
  • sambhavā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “muktāmālaṃ samuddhṛtya ditsāmi tatpravakṣyate || 40 |
  • muktāmālam -
  • muktāmālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samuddhṛtya -
  • samuddhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samuddhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ditsāmi -
  • (verb class 0)
    [present active first single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pra -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vakṣyate -
  • vac -> vakṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √vac class 2 verb], [dative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> vakṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √vac class 2 verb], [dative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vah -> vakṣyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √vah class 1 verb]
    vah -> vakṣyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √vah class 1 verb]
    vah (verb class 1)
    [future middle third single]
    vakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    vakṣ (verb class 0)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 40
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