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)

इत्यादिष्टे मुनीन्द्रेण स मौद्गल्यायनः सुधीः ।
भगवन्तं तमानत्वा साञ्जलिरेतदब्रवीत् ॥ ७७ ॥ {७६}

ityādiṣṭe munīndreṇa sa maudgalyāyanaḥ sudhīḥ |
bhagavantaṃ tamānatvā sāñjaliretadabravīt || 77 || {76}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.77 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 (16.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ityadi, Munindra, Maudgalyayana, Sudhi, Bhagavanta, Bhagavat, Tama, Tva, Yushmad, Sanjali, Etad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 16.77). 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: “ityādiṣṭe munīndreṇa sa maudgalyāyanaḥ sudhīḥ
  • ityādiṣ -
  • ityādi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ityādi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṭe -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • munīndreṇa -
  • munīndra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • maudgalyāyanaḥ -
  • maudgalyāyana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sudhīḥ -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “bhagavantaṃ tamānatvā sāñjaliretadabravīt || 77 |
  • bhagavantam -
  • bhagavanta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bhagavat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • tamān -
  • tama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tvā -
  • tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • sāñjalir -
  • sāñjali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sāñjali (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • etad -
  • etad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abravīt -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 77
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