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)

ततः सा समये कांता गर्भिणी वर्द्धितोदरा ।
स्वल्पाहाररता पाण्डुवर्णा कृशाभवत्क्रमात् ॥ ८ ॥ {८}

tataḥ sā samaye kāṃtā garbhiṇī varddhitodarā |
svalpāhāraratā pāṇḍuvarṇā kṛśābhavatkramāt || 8 || {8}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.8 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 (36.8). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatah, Tad, Tata, Samaye, Samaya, Kanta, Garbhini, Garbhin, Varddhita, Dara, Svalpa, Ahara, Rata, Panduvarna, Krisha, Kramat, Krama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.8). 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: “tataḥ samaye kāṃtā garbhiṇī varddhitodarā
  • tataḥ -
  • 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]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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]
  • kāntā* -
  • kānta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kāntā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kam -> kānta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kam class 1 verb]
    kam -> kāntā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √kam class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √kam class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √kam class 1 verb]
  • garbhiṇī -
  • garbhiṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    garbhin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • varddhito -
  • varddhita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • darā -
  • darā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svalpāhāraratā pāṇḍuvarṇā kṛśābhavatkramāt || 8 |
  • svalpā -
  • svalpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svalpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svalpā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āhāra -
  • āhāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āhāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ratā -
  • ratā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ram -> ratā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √ram class 1 verb]
  • pāṇḍuvarṇā -
  • pāṇḍuvarṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṛśā -
  • kṛśa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛśa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    kṛśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • kramāt -
  • kramāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    krama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Cannot analyse 8
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