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)

सहायः कथ्यते प्राज्ञैः सती भार्यानुचारिणी ।
अस्य भर्तुर्ह्यहं भर्या सती धर्मार्थसाधने ॥ ३३ ॥ {३३}

sahāyaḥ kathyate prājñaiḥ satī bhāryānucāriṇī |
asya bharturhyahaṃ bharyā satī dharmārthasādhane || 33 || {33}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.33 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 (3.33). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sahaya, Prajna, Sat, Sati, Bharya, Anucarini, Anucarin, Idam, Bhartri, Aha, Asmad, Bhari, Dharmartha, Sadhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.33). 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: “sahāyaḥ kathyate prājñaiḥ satī bhāryānucāriṇī
  • sahāyaḥ -
  • sahāya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kathyate -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [present passive third single]
  • prājñaiḥ -
  • prājña (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    prājña (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • satī -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • bhāryā -
  • bhārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhṛ]
    bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √bhṛ]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √bhṛ]
  • anucāriṇī -
  • anucāriṇī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    anucārin (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “asya bharturhyahaṃ bharyā satī dharmārthasādhane || 33 |
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhartur -
  • bhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • aham -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [nominative single]
  • bharyā -
  • bhari (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • satī -
  • satī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • dharmārtha -
  • dharmārtha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sādhane -
  • sādhana (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sādhana (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sādhanā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Cannot analyse 33
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