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)

तत्रेतं धीमतीं कांतां सुवस्त्रभूषणावृतां ।
ते सज्ञात्यादयः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा विस्मयमाययुः ॥ ४३७ ॥ {८७}

tatretaṃ dhīmatīṃ kāṃtāṃ suvastrabhūṣaṇāvṛtāṃ |
te sajñātyādayaḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā vismayamāyayuḥ || 437 || {87}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.437 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 (37.437). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Ita, Dhimat, Kanta, Suvastra, Bhushana, Rita, Tad, Yushmad, Jnati, Adi, Sarva, Vismaya, Aya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.437). 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: “tatretaṃ dhīmatīṃ kāṃtāṃ suvastrabhūṣaṇāvṛtāṃ
  • tatre -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    trai (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • itam -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    itā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second dual]
  • dhīmatī -
  • dhīmat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dhīmat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kāntām -
  • kāntā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √kam class 1 verb]
  • suvastra -
  • suvastra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    suvastra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhūṣaṇāvṛ -
  • bhūṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṛtām -
  • ṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “te sajñātyādayaḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā vismayamāyayuḥ || 437 |
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jñātyā -
  • jñāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ādayaḥ -
  • ādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ad (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active second 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]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • vismayam -
  • vismaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vismaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vismayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āya -
  • āya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • yuḥ -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 437
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