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)

अस्मन्नाम्ना च संबुद्धो वंद्यतां भवतादरात् ।
इति तयोदितं श्रुत्वा प्रतिज्ञाय तथेति च ॥ ४७ ॥ {४७}

asmannāmnā ca saṃbuddho vaṃdyatāṃ bhavatādarāt |
iti tayoditaṃ śrutvā pratijñāya tatheti ca || 47 || {47}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.47 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 (4.47). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Asmad, Namna, Naman, Sambuddha, Vandyata, Bhavat, Bhavant, Adara, Iti, Taya, Udita, Pratijna, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.47). 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: “asmannāmnā ca saṃbuddho vaṃdyatāṃ bhavatādarāt
  • asman -
  • asmad (pronoun, none)
    [ablative plural]
  • nāmnā -
  • nāmnā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nāman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sambuddho* -
  • sambuddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vandyatām -
  • vandyatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vand (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive third single]
  • bhavatā -
  • bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • adarāt -
  • adara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    adara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “iti tayoditaṃ śrutvā pratijñāya tatheti ca || 47 |
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • tayo -
  • taya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    tay (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second 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]
  • pratijñāya -
  • pratijña (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    pratijña (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • tathe -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • ca* -
  • Cannot analyse 47
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