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)

प्रसूतिसमये ऽक्रन्ददार्त्तस्वरा विलापिता ।
तस्या आर्त्तरवं श्रुत्वा स भर्त्ता करुणार्दितः ।
शोकालये समुद्विग्नः निश्रित्यैवं व्यचिंतयत् ॥ २०८ ॥ {७}

prasūtisamaye 'krandadārttasvarā vilāpitā |
tasyā ārttaravaṃ śrutvā sa bharttā karuṇārditaḥ |
śokālaye samudvignaḥ niśrityaivaṃ vyaciṃtayat || 208 || {7}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.208 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 (29.208). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samaye, Samaya, Svara, Vilapita, Rava, Bharttri, Karuna, Ardita, Shoka, Alaya, Ali, Samudvigna, Nishritya, Evam, Eva, Vya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 29.208). 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: “prasūtisamaye 'krandadārttasvarā vilāpitā
  • prasūti -
  • prasūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • samaye' -
  • samaye (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    samaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    samayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sam (verb class 10)
    [present middle first single]
  • akrandad -
  • krand (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • ārtta -
  • ard (verb class 7)
    [imperfect active second plural]
  • svarā* -
  • svara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    svarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vilāpitā -
  • vilāpitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tasyā ārttaravaṃ śrutvā sa bharttā karuṇārditaḥ
  • tasyā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ārtta -
  • ard (verb class 7)
    [imperfect active second plural]
  • ravam -
  • rava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ravā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bharttā -
  • bharttṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bharttṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • karuṇā -
  • karuṇa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karuṇa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karuṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • arditaḥ -
  • ardita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 3: “śokālaye samudvignaḥ niśrityaivaṃ vyaciṃtayat || 208 |
  • śokā -
  • śoka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śoka (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śokā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śuk (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • alaye -
  • alaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    alaya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    alayā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ali (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    lay (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • samudvignaḥ -
  • samudvigna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • niśrityai -
  • niśritya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vya -
  • vi (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    vi (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    vi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ve (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    vya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vi (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • acintayat -
  • cint (verb class 10)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 208
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