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)

स्वात्मजानपि भक्षन्तीं क्षुत्पिपासाग्निदाहिनां ।
कृशाङ्गीं विकृताकारां कर्वुरमुक्तकेशिनीं ॥ २५ ॥ {२५}

svātmajānapi bhakṣantīṃ kṣutpipāsāgnidāhināṃ |
kṛśāṅgīṃ vikṛtākārāṃ karvuramuktakeśinīṃ || 25 || {25}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.25 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 (23.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Api, Kshutpipasa, Agnida, Ahi, Ahina, Krishangi, Vikritakara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 23.25). 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: “svātmajānapi bhakṣantīṃ kṣutpipāsāgnidāhināṃ
  • svātma -
  • svātman (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • jān -
  • ja (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • bhakṣantī -
  • bhakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • kṣutpipāsā -
  • kṣutpipāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣutpipāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṣutpipāsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • agnidā -
  • agnida (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ahinā -
  • ahina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ahina (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ahi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kṛśāṅgīṃ vikṛtākārāṃ karvuramuktakeśinīṃ || 25 |
  • kṛśāṅgīm -
  • kṛśāṅgī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • vikṛtākārām -
  • vikṛtākārā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Cannot analyse karvuramuktakeśinīm*25
  • Cannot analyse 25
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