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)

तत्र तेषां सखीनां च हस्तको ऽसौ पुरःस्थितः ।
हस्तावालिंग्य संरक्ष्य चुंवित्वैवमभाषत ॥ ३६ ॥ {३६}

tatra teṣāṃ sakhīnāṃ ca hastako 'sau puraḥsthitaḥ |
hastāvāliṃgya saṃrakṣya cuṃvitvaivamabhāṣata || 36 || {36}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.36 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 (11.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Tad, Sakhi, Hastaka, Asi, Asu, Adah, Purahsthita, Hasta, Alingya, Samrakshya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 11.36). 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: “tatra teṣāṃ sakhīnāṃ ca hastako 'sau puraḥsthitaḥ
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • sakhīnām -
  • sakhi (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sakhī (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hastako' -
  • hastaka (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]
  • puraḥsthitaḥ -
  • puraḥsthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “hastāvāliṃgya saṃrakṣya cuṃvitvaivamabhāṣata || 36 |
  • hastāvā -
  • hasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • āliṅgya -
  • āliṅgya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āliṅgya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṃrakṣya -
  • saṃrakṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saṃrakṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse cuṃvitvaivamabhāṣata*36
  • Cannot analyse 36
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