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)

इत्यादिष्टं सुरेन्द्रेण सा देवकन्यका सुधीः ।
अनुमोद्य च तं शक्रं नत्वा स्वमालयं ययौ ॥ ५९ ॥ {५९}

ityādiṣṭaṃ surendreṇa sā devakanyakā sudhīḥ |
anumodya ca taṃ śakraṃ natvā svamālayaṃ yayau || 59 || {59}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.59 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 (5.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Surendra, Devakanyaka, Sudhi, Shakra, Sva, Alaya, Yayi, Yayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 5.59). 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: “ityādiṣṭaṃ surendreṇa devakanyakā sudhīḥ
  • ityādiṣ -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭam -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • surendreṇa -
  • surendra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • devakanyakā -
  • devakanyakā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sudhīḥ -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “anumodya ca taṃ śakraṃ natvā svamālayaṃ yayau || 59 |
  • anumodya -
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative 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]
  • śakram -
  • śakra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śakra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śakrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • natvā -
  • nam -> natvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nam]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ālayam -
  • ālaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • yayau -
  • yayi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yayu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 59
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