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)

तदत्र नो व्रतं पश्यं क्षणं तिष्ठ समाहितः ।
एतद्दृष्टे ऽपि ते पुण्यं संप्रजायेन्महत्तरं ॥ ४०० ॥ {१}

tadatra no vrataṃ paśyaṃ kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha samāhitaḥ |
etaddṛṣṭe 'pi te puṇyaṃ saṃprajāyenmahattaraṃ || 400 || {1}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.400 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 (38.400). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tada, Tra, Asmad, Vrata, Pashya, Kshanam, Kshana, Tishtha, Samahita, Etad, Drishta, Drishti, Api, Tad, Yushmad, Punya, Mahattara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.400). 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: “tadatra no vrataṃ paśyaṃ kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha samāhitaḥ
  • tada -
  • tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tra -
  • tra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • no* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • paśyam -
  • paśya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    paśya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    paśyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √paś class 10 verb]
    paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √paś class 10 verb], [accusative single from √paś class 10 verb]
  • kṣaṇam -
  • kṣaṇam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṣaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tiṣṭha -
  • tiṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tiṣṭha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • samāhitaḥ -
  • samāhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “etaddṛṣṭe 'pi te puṇyaṃ saṃprajāyenmahattaraṃ || 400 |
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭe' -
  • dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dṛṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [locative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
    dṛś -> dṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative single from √dṛś class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √dṛś class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • 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]
  • puṇyam -
  • puṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    puṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    puṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
    puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative single from √puṇ class 10 verb]
  • sampra -
  • sampra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • jāyen -
  • jai (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mahattaram -
  • mahattara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    mahattara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    mahattarā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Cannot analyse 400
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