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)

इति तदुदितं श्रुत्वा स प्रेतो ऽतिविचित्रितः ।
तां देवीं सांजलिर्नत्वा पुर एवमवोचत ॥ ६८७ ॥ {२५}

iti taduditaṃ śrutvā sa preto 'tivicitritaḥ |
tāṃ devīṃ sāṃjalirnatvā pura evamavocata || 687 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.687 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 (38.687). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Tad, Tat, Udita, Pretri, Preta, Ati, Vicitrita, Devi, Sanjali, Purah, Pur, Pura, 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 38.687). 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: “iti taduditaṃ śrutvā sa preto 'tivicitritaḥ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • uditam -
  • udita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    udita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    uditā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vad -> udita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
    vad -> udita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vad class 1 verb]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • preto' -
  • pretṛ (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    preta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pre (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • ati -
  • ati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ati (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • vicitritaḥ -
  • vicitrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tāṃ devīṃ sāṃjalirnatvā pura evamavocata || 687 |
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • devīm -
  • devī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sāñjalir -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • pura* -
  • puraḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    puraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pur (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pura (noun, masculine)
    [nominative 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]
  • avocata -
  • vac (verb class 2)
    [aorist active second plural]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [aorist active second plural]
  • Cannot analyse 687
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