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)

Verse 19.128

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वाराणस्यां पुरा क्रूरचरितो ऽभूत्कुथाभिधः ।
गोचौरः कुत्सिकाचारो गोमांसविहिताशनः ॥ १२८ ॥ {२७}

vārāṇasyāṃ purā krūracarito 'bhūtkuthābhidhaḥ |
gocauraḥ kutsikācāro gomāṃsavihitāśanaḥ || 128 || {27}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.128 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 (19.128). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varanasi, Pura, Pur, Kruracarita, Kutha, Abhi, Dha, Caura, Cauras, Goma, Amsa, Vihita, Ashana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 19.128). 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: “vārāṇasyāṃ purā krūracarito 'bhūtkuthābhidhaḥ ”
vārāṇasyām -
vārāṇasī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
purā -
purā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pur (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

purā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
krūracarito' -
krūracarita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
abhūt -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[aorist active third single]
kuthā -
kutha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kutha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kuthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abhi -
abhi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

abhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

abhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

abhī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

abhī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

abhī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dhaḥ -
dha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dhā (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “gocauraḥ kutsikācāro gomāṃsavihitāśanaḥ || 128 |”
go -
go (noun, masculine)

[compound]

gu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
cauraḥ -
cauras (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

caura (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse kutsikācāro*go
gomā -
goma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

goma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aṃsa -
aṃsa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vihitā -
vihita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vihita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vihitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aśanaḥ -
aśana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Cannot analyse 128

Last Updated: 03 August, 2021