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)

तद्दृष्ट्वा ते सांघिकाः सर्वे लोकाश्चान्ये ऽपि विस्मिताः ।
शास्ता किमादिशेद्धार्ममिति ध्यात्वा निषेदिरे ॥ १०० ॥ {१००}

taddṛṣṭvā te sāṃghikāḥ sarve lokāścānye 'pi vismitāḥ |
śāstā kimādiśeddhārmamiti dhyātvā niṣedire || 100 || {100}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.100 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 (21.100). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Tat, Yushmad, Sanghika, Sarva, Loka, Yah, Yat, Api, Vismita, Shastri, Shasta, Kim, Adish, Iddha, Arma, Iti, Dhyatva, Nisha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 21.100). 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: “taddṛṣṭvā te sāṃghikāḥ sarve lokāścānye 'pi vismitāḥ
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • 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]
  • sāṅghikāḥ -
  • sāṅghika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • 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]
  • lokāś -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • cān -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ye' -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vismitāḥ -
  • vismita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vismitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “śāstā kimādiśeddhārmamiti dhyātvā niṣedire || 100 |
  • śāstā -
  • śāstṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śāstā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ādiśe -
  • ādiś (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
  • iddhā -
  • iddha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iddha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    iddhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    indh -> iddha (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √indh class 7 verb]
    indh -> iddha (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √indh class 7 verb]
    indh -> iddhā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √indh class 7 verb]
  • armam -
  • arma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • dhyātvā* -
  • dhyātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niṣe -
  • niṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    niṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • di -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • re -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 100
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