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 निश्चित्य सा वाला दृष्ट्वा तं सुगतं मुदा ।
सहसोपेत्य तैः सर्वैः सालपुष्पैरवाकिरन् ॥ ३५ ॥ {३५}

iti niścitya sā vālā dṛṣṭvā taṃ sugataṃ mudā |
sahasopetya taiḥ sarvaiḥ sālapuṣpairavākiran || 35 || {35}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.35 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 (5.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Nishcitya, Vala, Sugata, Mud, Muda, Sahasa, Sahas, Upetya, Tad, Sarva, Sala, Pushpa, Avak, Avac, Irat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.35). 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 niścitya vālā dṛṣṭvā taṃ sugataṃ mudā
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • niścitya -
  • niścitya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • vālā* -
  • vāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • 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]
  • sugatam -
  • sugata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sugata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sugatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mudā -
  • mud (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    mudā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sahasopetya taiḥ sarvaiḥ sālapuṣpairavākiran || 35 |
  • sahaso -
  • sahasā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sahasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahasa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sahas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sahas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sahasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upetya -
  • upetya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    upetya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • taiḥ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sarvaiḥ -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sāla -
  • sāla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṣpair -
  • puṣpa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    puṣpa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • avāk -
  • avāk (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    avāc (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • iran -
  • ir -> irat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ir class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ir class 6 verb]
  • Cannot analyse 35
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