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)

सगणां तां समावाह्य दत्वा पादार्घमादरात् ।
पीतमयोपहारेण समभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि ॥ ३२३ ॥ {७३}

sagaṇāṃ tāṃ samāvāhya datvā pādārghamādarāt |
pītamayopahāreṇa samabhyarcya yathāvidhi || 323 || {73}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.323 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 (37.323). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sagana, Dad, Padargha, Adara, Pita, Aya, Upahara, Abhyarcya, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.323). 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: “sagaṇāṃ tāṃ samāvāhya datvā pādārghamādarāt
  • sagaṇām -
  • sagaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samāvā -
  • sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first dual]
  • ahya -
  • ah -> ahya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ah]
  • dat -
  • dad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    dat (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • pādārgham -
  • pādārgha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pādārgha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ādarāt -
  • ādara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “pītamayopahāreṇa samabhyarcya yathāvidhi || 323 |
  • pītam -
  • pīta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pīta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pītā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √pai class 1 verb]
    pai -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pai class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pai class 1 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 3 verb]
    pi -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √pi class 1 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 1 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 2 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 2 verb], [nominative single from √pi class 3 verb], [accusative single from √pi class 3 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
    -> pīta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √ class 4 verb]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • ayo -
  • ayā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    aya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [instrumental single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • upahāreṇa -
  • upahāra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abhyarcya -
  • abhyarcya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhyarcya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse 323
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