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)

अथानन्दः समुत्थाय नत्वा तं श्रीघनं गुरुं ।
कृतांजलिपुटो पृछन्तत्पापपरिमोचनं ॥ १२८ ॥ {१९}

athānandaḥ samutthāya natvā taṃ śrīghanaṃ guruṃ |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭo pṛchantatpāpaparimocanaṃ || 128 || {19}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.128 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 (4.128). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Ananda, Samuttha, Shrighana, Guru,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 4.128). 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: “athānandaḥ samutthāya natvā taṃ śrīghanaṃ guruṃ
  • athā -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anandaḥ -
  • ananda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nand (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • samutthāya -
  • samuttha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    samuttha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • 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]
  • śrīghanam -
  • śrīghana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śrīghana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • gurum -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kṛtāṃjalipuṭo pṛchantatpāpaparimocanaṃ || 128 |
  • kṛtāñjalipuṭo -
  • Cannot analyse pṛchantatpāpaparimocanam*12
  • Cannot analyse 128
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