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)

तत्र स नृपतिर्नत्वा व्रतस्थाने कृतांजलिः ।
सर्वत्रापि समालोक्य खं पश्यन्नेवमब्रवीत् ॥ ४२१ ॥ {२२}

tatra sa nṛpatirnatvā vratasthāne kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
sarvatrāpi samālokya khaṃ paśyannevamabravīt || 421 || {22}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.421 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 (38.421). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Nripati, Vratastha, Ana, Ani, Kritanjali, Sarvatrapi, Samalokya, Kham, Kha, Pashyat, Evam, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.421). 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: “tatra sa nṛpatirnatvā vratasthāne kṛtāṃjaliḥ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nṛpatir -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • vratasthā -
  • vratastha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vratastha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vratasthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ane -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ani (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • kṛtāñjaliḥ -
  • kṛtāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kṛtāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sarvatrāpi samālokya khaṃ paśyannevamabravīt || 421 |
  • sarvatrāpi -
  • sarvatrāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sarvatrāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • samālokya -
  • samālokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kham -
  • kham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    khā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • paśyann -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 421
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