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)

निर्माल्यमपरं सर्वं सनैवेद्यध्वजादिकं ।
नद्यां नागान् समभ्यर्य संप्रक्षिप्य प्रवाहयेत् ॥ ३०३ ॥ {२}

nirmālyamaparaṃ sarvaṃ sanaivedyadhvajādikaṃ |
nadyāṃ nāgān samabhyarya saṃprakṣipya pravāhayet || 303 || {2}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.303 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 (38.303). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirmalya, Aparam, Apara, Sarvam, Sarva, Vedi, Vedin, Vedya, Adhvaja, Adika, Nadi, Nadya, Naga, Prakshipya, Prava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.303). 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: “nirmālyamaparaṃ sarvaṃ sanaivedyadhvajādikaṃ
  • nirmālyam -
  • nirmālya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nirmālya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nirmālyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • aparam -
  • aparam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    apara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    apara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sanai -
  • san (verb class 1)
    [imperative middle first single]
  • vedya -
  • vedi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vedi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vedi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vedī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vedin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    vedin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vedya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vedya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vedya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid]
    vid -> vedya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative single from √vid]
  • adhvajā -
  • adhvajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • adikam -
  • adika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nadyāṃ nāgān samabhyarya saṃprakṣipya pravāhayet || 303 |
  • nadyām -
  • nadi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nadī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    nad -> nadyā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √nad]
  • nāgān -
  • nāga (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • abhyarya -
  • sam -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prakṣipya -
  • prakṣipya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • pravā -
  • pravā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • hayet -
  • hay (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Cannot analyse 303
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