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)

इति हि दूतपुर्वी स देवपुत्रो विचिंतयन् ।
स्नात्वा सुगंधिलिप्तांगं शुद्धाम्वरावृतः सुधीः ॥ १२९ ॥ {२८}

iti hi dūtapurvī sa devaputro viciṃtayan |
snātvā sugaṃdhiliptāṃgaṃ śuddhāmvarāvṛtaḥ sudhīḥ || 129 || {28}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.129 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 (25.129). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Duta, Devaputra, Cinta, Yat, Snatva, Sugandhi, Sugandhin, Liptanga, Shuddha, Vara, Rita, Sudhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 25.129). 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: “iti hi dūtapurvī sa devaputro viciṃtayan
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dūta -
  • dūta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • purvī -
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • devaputro* -
  • devaputra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vi -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • cinta -
  • cinta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cinta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cint (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • yan -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • Line 2: “snātvā sugaṃdhiliptāṃgaṃ śuddhāmvarāvṛtaḥ sudhīḥ || 129 |
  • snātvā -
  • snātvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sugandhi -
  • sugandhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sugandhi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sugandhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sugandhī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    sugandhin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sugandhin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • liptāṅgam -
  • liptāṅga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    liptāṅga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    liptāṅgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śuddhām -
  • śuddhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śudh -> śuddhā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √śudh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śudh class 4 verb]
  • varāvṛ -
  • vara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ṛtaḥ -
  • ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sudhīḥ -
  • sudhī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sudhī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse 129
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