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)

ततस्तां यमलीं सो ऽर्हं संघाय समकल्पयत् ।
तत्र मूल्येन तां क्रीत्वा भिक्षुमानवके न्यसेत् ॥ २३० ॥ {३०}

tatastāṃ yamalīṃ so 'rhaṃ saṃghāya samakalpayat |
tatra mūlyena tāṃ krītvā bhikṣumānavake nyaset || 230 || {30}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.230 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 (24.230). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Yah, Ali, Alin, Sah, Arha, Sangha, Sama, Kalpayat, Tatra, Mulya, Bhikshu, Anava, Kah, Kim,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 24.230). 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: “tatastāṃ yamalīṃ so 'rhaṃ saṃghāya samakalpayat
  • tatas -
  • 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]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • alī -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    alin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • arham -
  • arha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    arhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • saṅghāya -
  • saṅgha (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    saṅgha (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • sama -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • kalpayat -
  • kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √kḷp]
    kḷp -> kalpayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kḷp], [vocative single from √kḷp], [accusative single from √kḷp]
  • Line 2: “tatra mūlyena tāṃ krītvā bhikṣumānavake nyaset || 230 |
  • tatra -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • mūlyena -
  • mūlya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    mūlya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    mūl -> mūlya (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √mūl class 1 verb]
    mūl -> mūlya (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √mūl class 1 verb]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • krītvā -
  • krī -> krītvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √krī]
  • bhikṣum -
  • bhikṣu (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • ānava -
  • ānava (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ānava (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse nyaset*23
  • Cannot analyse 230
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