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 सा दूरतो नद्याः शब्दं श्रुत्वा प्रधाविता ।
स्वदैवप्रेषिता तत्र तीरमवापतत्क्षणात् ॥ ७०५ ॥ {४३}

tataḥ sā dūrato nadyāḥ śabdaṃ śrutvā pradhāvitā |
svadaivapreṣitā tatra tīramavāpatatkṣaṇāt || 705 || {43}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.705 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 (38.705). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Duratah, Duratas, Nadi, Nadya, Shabda, Pradhavita, Vapra, Ishita, Tatra, Tira, Avapa, Tatkshana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.705). 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 dūrato nadyāḥ śabdaṃ śrutvā pradhāvitā
  • 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]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dūrato* -
  • dūrataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dūratas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • nadyāḥ -
  • nadi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nadī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nad -> nadya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √nad], [vocative plural from √nad]
    nad -> nadyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √nad], [vocative plural from √nad], [accusative plural from √nad]
  • śabdam -
  • śabda (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • pradhāvitā -
  • pradhāvitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svadaivapreṣitā tatra tīramavāpatatkṣaṇāt || 705 |
  • svadai -
  • svad (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • vapre -
  • vapra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    vapra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vaprā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iṣitā -
  • iṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    iṣ -> iṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √iṣ class 6 verb], [nominative single from √iṣ]
    iṣ -> iṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √iṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √iṣ class 4 verb], [nominative single from √iṣ]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tīram -
  • tīra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tīra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • avāpa -
  • avāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    avāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tatkṣaṇāt -
  • tatkṣaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 705
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