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)

तां दृष्ट्वा ज्ञातयः सर्वे भ्रातरो वांधवा अपि ।
भगिन्यापि सुहृदश्चापि दृष्ट्वोपहस्य जल्पिरे ॥ २१४ ॥ {६४}

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā jñātayaḥ sarve bhrātaro vāṃdhavā api |
bhaginyāpi suhṛdaścāpi dṛṣṭvopahasya jalpire || 214 || {64}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.214 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 (37.214). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jnati, Sarva, Bhratri, Vat, Yushmad, Api, Bhagin, Bhagini, Suhrid, Suhrida, Capin, Capi, Upa, Jalpin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.214). 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: “tāṃ dṛṣṭvā jñātayaḥ sarve bhrātaro vāṃdhavā api
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • jñātayaḥ -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhrātaro* -
  • bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vān -
  • va (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> vāt (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √ class 1 verb]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative dual], [dative dual], [genitive dual]
  • dhavā*a -
  • dhav (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle first single]
    dhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle first single]
    dhū (verb class 2)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • ap -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • Line 2: “bhaginyāpi suhṛdaścāpi dṛṣṭvopahasya jalpire || 214 |
  • bhaginyā -
  • bhaginī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    bhagin (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhagin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • āpi -
  • āpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āpī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    āpī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    āpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • suhṛdaś -
  • suhṛd (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    suhṛd (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    suhṛda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cāpi -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvo -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • upa -
  • upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • hasya -
  • has -> hasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √has]
    ha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • jalpi -
  • jalpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jalpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jalpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • re -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 214
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