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)

Verse 38.491

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तत्र सा तद्व्रतोत्साहशब्दं श्रुत्वा स कौतुका ।
तच्छब्दनिहितस्वान्ता तस्थावेकान्त आश्रिता ॥ ४९१ ॥ {८८}

tatra sā tadvratotsāhaśabdaṃ śrutvā sa kautukā |
tacchabdanihitasvāntā tasthāvekānta āśritā || 491 || {88}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.491 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 (38.491). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Tadvrata, Utsaha, Shabda, Kah, Autu, Tat, Tad, Nihita, Tastha, Ekanta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.491). 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 sā tadvratotsāhaśabdaṃ śrutvā sa kautukā ”
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tadvrato -
tadvrata (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadvrata (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

tadvratā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utsāha -
utsāha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
śabdam -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
śrutvā -
√śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √śru]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kau -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

ka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ku (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
autu -
autu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

autu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

autu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√u (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
kā -
kā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “tacchabdanihitasvāntā tasthāvekānta āśritā || 491 |”
tacch -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
śabda -
śabda (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
nihita -
nihita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nihita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svāntā -
tasthāve -
tastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
ekānta* -
ekānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
āśritā* -
Cannot analyse 491

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021