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)

तां संजातां शिरोवद्धमुक्तामालां प्रशोभितां ।
दारिकां सा प्रसू दृष्ट्वा सचित्रानंदितो ऽभवत् ॥ १० ॥ {१०}

tāṃ saṃjātāṃ śirovaddhamuktāmālāṃ praśobhitāṃ |
dārikāṃ sā prasū dṛṣṭvā sacitrānaṃdito 'bhavat || 10 || {10}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.10 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 (36.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sanjata, Shira, Uvat, Ham, Ukta, Ala, Prashas, Prasha, Bhit, Darika, Sacitra, Tas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 36.10). 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: “tāṃ saṃjātāṃ śirovaddhamuktāmālāṃ praśobhitāṃ
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • sañjātām -
  • sañjātā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śiro -
  • śira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śirā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • uvaddh -
  • u -> uvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √u class 2 verb], [vocative single from √u class 2 verb], [accusative single from √u class 2 verb]
  • ham -
  • ham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • uktām -
  • uktā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    vac -> uktā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • ālā -
  • āla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    al (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • praśo -
  • praśas (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    praśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhitām -
  • bhit (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhit (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhit (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “dārikāṃ prasū dṛṣṭvā sacitrānaṃdito 'bhavat || 10 |
  • dārikām -
  • dārikā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prasū -
  • prasū (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    prasū (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
  • dṛṣṭvā -
  • dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √dṛś]
  • sacitrān -
  • sacitra (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • andi -
  • ad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • to' -
  • tas (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abhavat -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 10
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