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)

यन्मां दृष्ट्वा भगिन्यो ऽपि ज्ञातिवंधुसुहृज्जनाः ।
अपि सर्वे मिथो दृष्ट्वा प्रजल्पिताभ्युपाहसन् ॥ २५० ॥ {१००}

yanmāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaginyo 'pi jñātivaṃdhusuhṛjjanāḥ |
api sarve mitho dṛṣṭvā prajalpitābhyupāhasan || 250 || {100}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.250 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 (37.250). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yad, Asmad, Bhagini, Api, Andhu, Suhrijjana, Sarva, Mithah, Prajalpita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.250). 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: “yanmāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaginyo 'pi jñātivaṃdhusuhṛjjanāḥ
  • yan -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • mām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • bhaginyo' -
  • bhaginī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • jñāti -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • va -
  • u (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ū (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    ū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    au (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    va (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • andhu -
  • andhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    andhū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    andhū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    andhū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • suhṛjjanāḥ -
  • suhṛjjana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “api sarve mitho dṛṣṭvā prajalpitābhyupāhasan || 250 |
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • 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]
  • mitho* -
  • mithaḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    mithaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • prajalpitā -
  • prajalpita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prajalpita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prajalpitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhyupā -
  • abhyupa (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • ahasan -
  • has (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third plural], [aorist active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 250
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