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)

अथैवं विकलीभूतां यौवनीं तां पतिव्रतां ।
काचिदेका सखी भद्रा संनिरीक्ष्याब्रवीद् रहः ॥ ११७ ॥ {१५}

athaivaṃ vikalībhūtāṃ yauvanīṃ tāṃ pativratāṃ |
kācidekā sakhī bhadrā saṃnirīkṣyābravīd rahaḥ || 117 || {15}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.117 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 (3.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atha, Evam, Eva, Vij, Ali, Alin, Bhuta, Yauvanin, Pativrata, Cidi, Sakhi, Bhadra, Nirikshya, Rahah, Rahas, Raha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.117). 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: “athaivaṃ vikalībhūtāṃ yauvanīṃ tāṃ pativratāṃ
  • athai -
  • athā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vik -
  • vij (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • alī -
  • ali (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    alin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūtām -
  • bhūtā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [injunctive active third dual]
  • yauvanī -
  • yauvanin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    yauvanin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • im -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • pativratām -
  • pativratā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kācidekā sakhī bhadrā saṃnirīkṣyābravīd rahaḥ || 117 |
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cide -
  • cidi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    cidi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • -
  • (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sakhī -
  • sakhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • bhadrā -
  • bhadrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • nirīkṣyā -
  • nirīkṣya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nirīkṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirīkṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nirīkṣyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • abravīd -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • rahaḥ -
  • rahaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    rahas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    raha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Cannot analyse 117
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