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)

सा तत्सूत्रं समादाय पश्यन्ती किमिदं न्विति ।
व्रतसूत्रमिति ज्ञात्वा प्रणत्वा मुदिताग्रहीत् ॥ ४९३ ॥ {९०}

sā tatsūtraṃ samādāya paśyantī kimidaṃ nviti |
vratasūtramiti jñātvā praṇatvā muditāgrahīt || 493 || {90}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.493 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 (38.493). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Sutra, Samadaya, Pashyanti, Pashyat, Kimi, Iti, Vrata, Prana, Tva, Mudita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.493). 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: “ tatsūtraṃ samādāya paśyantī kimidaṃ nviti
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samādāya -
  • samādāya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • paśyantī -
  • paśyantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kimi -
  • kimi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kimi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kimi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dam -
  • da (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    da (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
  • nvi -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • Line 2: “vratasūtramiti jñātvā praṇatvā muditāgrahīt || 493 |
  • vrata -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sūtram -
  • sūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • jñātvā -
  • jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
    jñā -> jñātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √jñā]
  • praṇa -
  • praṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvā* -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • muditā -
  • mudita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mudita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    muditā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> mudita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> muditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 1 verb]
    mud -> mudita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √mud class 10 verb]
    mud -> mudita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √mud class 10 verb]
    mud -> muditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √mud class 10 verb]
  • agrahīt -
  • grah (verb class 9)
    [aorist active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 493
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