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)

सर्प्पाः क्रोधोपनाहाभ्यां मारस्तब्धा मृगाधिपाः ।
अभिमानेन जायन्ते गदामाश्वादियोनिषु ॥ ११३ ॥ {२}

sarppāḥ krodhopanāhābhyāṃ mārastabdhā mṛgādhipāḥ |
abhimānena jāyante gadāmāśvādiyoniṣu || 113 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.113 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 (28.113). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Krodha, Krodhan, Upanaha, Mara, Tap, Dha, Mrigadhipa, Abhimana, Jayanta, Ashva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 28.113). 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: “sarppāḥ krodhopanāhābhyāṃ mārastabdhā mṛgādhipāḥ
  • Cannot analyse sarppāḥ*kr
  • krodho -
  • krodha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    krodha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    krodhan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    krodhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    krodhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • upanāhābhyām -
  • upanāha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • māras -
  • māra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tab -
  • tap (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • dhā* -
  • dha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    dhā (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [nominative plural], [vocative single], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mṛgādhipāḥ -
  • mṛgādhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “abhimānena jāyante gadāmāśvādiyoniṣu || 113 |
  • abhimānena -
  • abhimāna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • jāyante -
  • jāyanta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third plural]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural]
  • gadāmā -
  • gad (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first plural]
  • aśvād -
  • aśva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • iyo -
  • ī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    ī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • niṣu -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Cannot analyse 113
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