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)

ततः सा स्वयमुद्धृत्य स्वशिरःस्थां स्वपाणिना ।
मुक्तामालां मुदालोक्य तां शास्त्रे समकल्पयत् ॥ ८८ ॥ {८७}

tataḥ sā svayamuddhṛtya svaśiraḥsthāṃ svapāṇinā |
muktāmālāṃ mudālokya tāṃ śāstre samakalpayat || 88 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.88 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 (36.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Svayam, Uddhritya, Sva, Svan, Shirahstha, Svap, Svapa, Ani, Muktamala, Mud, Muda, Alokya, Shastri, Shastra, Sama, Kalpayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.88). 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: “tataḥ svayamuddhṛtya svaśiraḥsthāṃ svapāṇinā
  • 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]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • uddhṛtya -
  • uddhṛtya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sva -
  • sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • śiraḥsthām -
  • śiraḥsthā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • svapā -
  • svap (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    svap (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    svapā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aṇinā -
  • aṇi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “muktāmālāṃ mudālokya tāṃ śāstre samakalpayat || 88 |
  • muktāmālām -
  • muktāmālā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • mudā -
  • muda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    muda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alokya -
  • alokya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śāstre -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    śāstra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sama -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kalpayat -
  • kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √kḷp]
    kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kḷp], [vocative single from √kḷp], [accusative single from √kḷp]
  • Cannot analyse 88
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