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)

विभ्रमो ऽसि कथं राजन्भवान् स्वामि नराधिपः ।
तत्प्रथमं त्वमेवात्र पादौ प्रक्षालय प्रभो ॥ ४५४ ॥ {५१}

vibhramo 'si kathaṃ rājanbhavān svāmi narādhipaḥ |
tatprathamaṃ tvamevātra pādau prakṣālaya prabho || 454 || {51}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.454 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 (38.454). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vibhrama, Asi, Katham, Katha, Rajan, Rajat, Bhava, Bhavant, Naradhipa, Tatprathama, Tva, Yushmad, Eva, Pada, Padu, Praksha, Alaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 38.454). 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: “vibhramo 'si kathaṃ rājanbhavān svāmi narādhipaḥ
  • vibhramo' -
  • vibhrama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asi -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active second single]
  • katham -
  • katham (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    katham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kathā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    katha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    katha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • rājan -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    rāj -> rājat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √rāj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rāj class 1 verb]
  • bhavān -
  • bhava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svāmi -
  • svāmin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • narādhipaḥ -
  • narādhipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tatprathamaṃ tvamevātra pādau prakṣālaya prabho || 454 |
  • tatprathamam -
  • tatprathama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    tatprathama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tatprathamā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tvam -
  • tva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • evāt -
  • eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ra -
  • ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pādau -
  • pāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pādu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • prakṣā -
  • prakṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prakṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prakṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • alaya -
  • alaya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    alaya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabho* -
  • Cannot analyse 454
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