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)

इत्याकाशात्समुच्चारं घोषं श्रुत्वा स भूपतिः ।
सांजलिः प्रणतो ऽष्टौषीदूर्द्ध्वास्यः श्रीवसुंधरां ॥ ४३१ ॥ {३१}

ityākāśātsamuccāraṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā sa bhūpatiḥ |
sāṃjaliḥ praṇato 'ṣṭauṣīdūrddhvāsyaḥ śrīvasuṃdharāṃ || 431 || {31}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.431 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:

Buy now! English translation by Prof. Ramesh Kumar Dwivedi (2005)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (38.431). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Itya, Akasha, Samuccara, Ghosha, Bhupati, Sanjali, Shrivasundhara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.431). 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: “ityākāśātsamuccāraṃ ghoṣaṃ śrutvā sa bhūpatiḥ
  • ityā -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> itya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √i]
    ityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ityā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • ākāśāt -
  • ākāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ākāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • samuccāram -
  • samuccāra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ghoṣam -
  • ghoṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ghoṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūpatiḥ -
  • bhūpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sāṃjaliḥ praṇato 'ṣṭauṣīdūrddhvāsyaḥ śrīvasuṃdharāṃ || 431 |
  • sāñjaliḥ -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse praṇato'ṣṭauṣīdūrddhvāsyaḥ*śr
  • śrīvasundharām -
  • śrīvasundharā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 431
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