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)

यस्मिन् गृहे सदा नित्यं दानपुण्यमहोत्सवं ।
स एव मन्दिरो रम्यस्वर्गवत्प्रतिभास्यते ॥ ४४ ॥ {४२}

yasmin gṛhe sadā nityaṃ dānapuṇyamahotsavaṃ |
sa eva mandiro ramyasvargavatpratibhāsyate || 44 || {42}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.44 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 (3.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Grih, Griha, Sada, Nityam, Nitya, Danapunya, Aha, Ahu, Utsava, Sah, Eva, Mandira, Ric, Avat, Pratibha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.44). 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: “yasmin gṛhe sadā nityaṃ dānapuṇyamahotsavaṃ
  • yasmin -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sadā* -
  • sada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dānapuṇyam -
  • dānapuṇya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dānapuṇya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • aho -
  • aha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ahu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ahu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • utsavam -
  • utsava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “sa eva mandiro ramyasvargavatpratibhāsyate || 44 |
  • sa* -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mandiro* -
  • mandira (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ramyasvar -
  • ram (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive second single]
    ram (verb class 0)
    [imperative passive second single]
  • ṛg -
  • ṛc (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • avat -
  • avat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    avat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    u -> avat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √u class 1 verb], [vocative single from √u class 1 verb], [accusative single from √u class 1 verb]
  • pratibhā -
  • pratibha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratibha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pratibhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asyate -
  • as (verb class 4)
    [present passive third single]
  • Cannot analyse 44
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