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)

एतदाकर्ण्य सर्वे ते ब्राह्मणा भेदिताशयाः ।
परं प्रतीक्ष्यमानाश्च शनैः स्वस्वगृहं ययुः ॥ ३३ ॥ {३३}

etadākarṇya sarve te brāhmaṇā bheditāśayāḥ |
paraṃ pratīkṣyamānāśca śanaiḥ svasvagṛhaṃ yayuḥ || 33 || {33}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.33 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 (18.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Etad, Etada, Akarnya, Sarva, Tad, Yushmad, Brahmana, Bhedita, Ashaya, Param, Para, Pratikshya, Ana, Shanaih, Shana, Svasu, Svan, Agriha, Yayu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.33). 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: “etadākarṇya sarve te brāhmaṇā bheditāśayāḥ
  • etadā -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    etadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • akarṇya -
  • akarṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    akarṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarve -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sarvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • brāhmaṇā* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bheditā -
  • bhedita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhedita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhid -> bhedita (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bhid]
    bhid -> bhedita (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √bhid]
    bheditā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhid -> bhedita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √bhid]
    bhid -> bhedita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √bhid]
    bhid -> bheditā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhid]
  • āśayāḥ -
  • āśaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    āśayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “paraṃ pratīkṣyamānāśca śanaiḥ svasvagṛhaṃ yayuḥ || 33 |
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • pratīkṣyam -
  • pratīkṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pratīkṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pratīkṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ānāś -
  • āna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śanaiḥ -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • svasva -
  • svasū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • agṛham -
  • agṛha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agṛha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    agṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yayuḥ -
  • yayu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yayu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • Cannot analyse 33
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