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)

तं दृष्ट्वा सार्थवाहस्य भार्या भद्रा सुभाविनी ।
सा तस्यै शिरसो मुच्य मुक्ताहारं ददौ मुदा ॥ २१६ ॥ {१४}

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sārthavāhasya bhāryā bhadrā subhāvinī |
sā tasyai śiraso mucya muktāhāraṃ dadau mudā || 216 || {14}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.216 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 (36.216). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarthavaha, Bharya, Bhadra, Subha, Avi, Shiras, Muktahara, Dad, Dada, Dadi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.216). 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: “taṃ dṛṣṭvā sārthavāhasya bhāryā bhadrā subhāvinī
  • 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]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • sārthavāhasya -
  • sārthavāha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • bhāryā* -
  • bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ], [accusative plural from √bhṛ]
  • bhadrā -
  • bhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • subhā -
  • subha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    subhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    subh (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • avinī -
  • avi (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ tasyai śiraso mucya muktāhāraṃ dadau mudā || 216 |
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tasyai -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative middle first single], [imperative passive first single]
  • śiraso* -
  • śiras (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mucya -
  • muc -> mucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √muc]
    muc -> mucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √muc]
    muñc -> mucya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √muñc]
  • muktāhāram -
  • muktāhāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    muktāhāra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    muktāhārā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dadau -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dadi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dadi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    dai (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
    de (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • mudā* -
  • Cannot analyse 216
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