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 मत्वा गृहस्थो ऽसौ तदाश्रमं समागतः ।
पूरणं तं गुरुं नत्वा पप्रच्छ तदुपायतां ॥ ९१ ॥ {८०}

iti matvā gṛhastho 'sau tadāśramaṃ samāgataḥ |
pūraṇaṃ taṃ guruṃ natvā papraccha tadupāyatāṃ || 91 || {80}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.91 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 (1.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Matu, Matva, Grihastha, Asi, Asu, Adah, Tada, Ashrama, Samagata, Purana, Guru, Tad, Tat, Upaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 1.91). 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 matvā gṛhastho 'sau tadāśramaṃ samāgataḥ
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • matvā* -
  • matu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    matvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • gṛhastho' -
  • gṛhastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tadā -
  • tadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tadā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tada (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tada (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aśramam -
  • aśrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • samāgataḥ -
  • samāgata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “pūraṇaṃ taṃ guruṃ natvā papraccha tadupāyatāṃ || 91 |
  • pūraṇam -
  • pūraṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pūraṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • 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]
  • gurum -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • papraccha -
  • praś (verb class 6)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • upāya -
  • upāya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse 91
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