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 च समादाय मुक्तामालं स्वमूर्द्धजं ।
सुप्रसन्नाशया तस्मै द्विजाय प्रददौ मुदा ॥ १२८ ॥ {२६}

tataḥ sā ca samādāya muktāmālaṃ svamūrddhajaṃ |
suprasannāśayā tasmai dvijāya pradadau mudā || 128 || {26}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.128 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 (36.128). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Samadaya, Sva, Svan, Murddhaja, Suprasanna, Asha, Ashaya, Dvija, Prada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.128). 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 ca samādāya muktāmālaṃ svamūrddhajaṃ
  • 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]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samādāya -
  • samādāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • muktāmālam -
  • muktāmālā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • 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]
  • mūrddhajam -
  • mūrddhaja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mūrddhaja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “suprasannāśayā tasmai dvijāya pradadau mudā || 128 |
  • suprasannā -
  • suprasanna (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suprasanna (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suprasannā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āśayā -
  • āśā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    āśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasmai -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • dvijāya -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    dvija (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • prada -
  • prada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dau -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mudā* -
  • Cannot analyse 128
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