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)

एतत्तया समाख्यातं श्रुत्वा सा ज्यायसी मुदा ।
तं राज्ञीं ससखीं भद्रां समालोक्यैवमदिशत् ॥ ५३७ ॥ {३४}

etattayā samākhyātaṃ śrutvā sā jyāyasī mudā |
taṃ rājñīṃ sasakhīṃ bhadrāṃ samālokyaivamadiśat || 537 || {34}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.537 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 (38.537). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Samakhyata, Jyayas, Mud, Muda, Rajni, Sasakhi, Bhadra, Samalokya, 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 38.537). 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: “etattayā samākhyātaṃ śrutvā jyāyasī mudā
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tayā -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • samākhyātam -
  • samākhyāta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    samākhyāta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    samākhyātā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • jyāyasī -
  • jyāyas (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “taṃ rājñīṃ sasakhīṃ bhadrāṃ samālokyaivamadiśat || 537 |
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • rājñīm -
  • rājñī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sasakhī -
  • sasakhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhadrām -
  • bhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • samālokyai -
  • samālokya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [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]
  • adiśat -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 537
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