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)

ततो भोज्यस्थलं तत्र शोधयित्वा समन्ततः ।
रत्नध्वजैर्वितानैश्च स पताकैरमण्डयत् ॥ ३६ ॥ {३६}

tato bhojyasthalaṃ tatra śodhayitvā samantataḥ |
ratnadhvajairvitānaiśca sa patākairamaṇḍayat || 36 || {36}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.36 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 (18.36). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Bhojya, Bhoji, Tha, Tatra, Samantatah, Samantatas, Ratnadhvaja, Vitana, Pataka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 18.36). 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: “tato bhojyasthalaṃ tatra śodhayitvā samantataḥ
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • bhojyas -
  • bhojya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhuj -> bhojya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √bhuj]
    bhojī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhojī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • tha -
  • tha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • lam -
  • la (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śodhayitvā -
  • śudh -> śodhayitvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śudh]
  • samantataḥ -
  • samantataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samantatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “ratnadhvajairvitānaiśca sa patākairamaṇḍayat || 36 |
  • ratnadhvajair -
  • ratnadhvaja (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vitānaiś -
  • vitāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    vitāna (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • patākair -
  • patāka (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • amaṇḍayat -
  • maṇḍ (verb class 0)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 36
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