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)

ततः स ऽश्वस्तदारूढो वायुरिव समुच्चरन् ।
महावेगात्पुरोपांतं तत्क्षणात्समुपाययौ ॥ ४४६ ॥ {४३}

tataḥ sa 'śvastadārūḍho vāyuriva samuccaran |
mahāvegātpuropāṃtaṃ tatkṣaṇātsamupāyayau || 446 || {43}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.446 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 (38.446). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vayu, Iva, Mahavega, Pura, Pur, Puru, Upantam, Upanta, Tatkshana, Upaya, Yah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.446). 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: “tataḥ sa 'śvastadārūḍho vāyuriva samuccaran
  • tataḥ -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • Cannot analyse sa'śvastadārūḍho*vā
  • vāyur -
  • vāyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vāyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Cannot analyse samuccaran
  • Line 2: “mahāvegātpuropāṃtaṃ tatkṣaṇātsamupāyayau || 446 |
  • mahāvegāt -
  • mahāvega (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    mahāvega (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • puro -
  • purā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pura (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    purā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    puru (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pur (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • upāntam -
  • upāntam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upānta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    upānta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    upāntā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tatkṣaṇāt -
  • tatkṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upāya -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yau -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 446
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