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)

तृतीयायां तथा प्रातः स्नात्वा शुद्धाम्वरावृतः ।
मध्याह्ने स्वासनासीन उत्तरादिग्मुखस्थितः ॥ ३२१ ॥ {७१}

tṛtīyāyāṃ tathā prātaḥ snātvā śuddhāmvarāvṛtaḥ |
madhyāhne svāsanāsīna uttarādigmukhasthitaḥ || 321 || {71}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.321 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 (37.321). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tritiya, Tatha, Prata, Prat, Snatva, Shuddha, Vara, Rita, Madhyahna, Svasana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 37.321). 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: “tṛtīyāyāṃ tathā prātaḥ snātvā śuddhāmvarāvṛtaḥ
  • tṛtīyāyām -
  • tṛtīyā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • prātaḥ -
  • prāta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    prā -> prāt (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √prā class 2 verb], [ablative single from √prā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √prā class 2 verb]
    prā -> prāt (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √prā class 2 verb], [genitive single from √prā class 2 verb]
    prā (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • snātvā -
  • snātvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snā -> snātvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √snā]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “madhyāhne svāsanāsīna uttarādigmukhasthitaḥ || 321 |
  • madhyāhne -
  • madhyāhna (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • svāsanā -
  • svāsana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āsīna* -
  • Cannot analyse uttarādigmukhasthitaḥ*32
  • Cannot analyse 321
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