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)

भर्त्ताप्यसौ तथा श्रुत्वा बुद्धधर्मानुमोदितः ।
तयैवं भार्यया सार्द्धं भेजे रत्नत्रयं सदा ॥ २४९ ॥ {४७}

bharttāpyasau tathā śrutvā buddhadharmānumoditaḥ |
tayaivaṃ bhāryayā sārddhaṃ bheje ratnatrayaṃ sadā || 249 || {47}

The English translation of Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.249 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 (3.249). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bharttri, Api, Apya, Asi, Asu, Adah, Tatha, Buddhadharma, Uma, Udita, Taya, Evam, Eva, Bharya, Arddha, Ratnatraya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Ratnamalavadana Verse 3.249). 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: “bharttāpyasau tathā śrutvā buddhadharmānumoditaḥ
  • bharttā -
  • bharttṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bharttṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • asau -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    asu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • tathā -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śrutvā -
  • śru -> śrutvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √śru]
  • buddhadharmān -
  • buddhadharma (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • umo -
  • uma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    umā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    u (verb class 1)
    [perfect active first plural]
    u (verb class 2)
    [perfect active first plural]
    u (verb class 5)
    [perfect active first plural]
  • uditaḥ -
  • udita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vad -> udita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vad class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “tayaivaṃ bhāryayā sārddhaṃ bheje ratnatrayaṃ sadā || 249 |
  • tayai -
  • taya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    tay (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • 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]
  • bhāryayā -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [instrumental single from √bhṛ]
  • -
  • (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārddham -
  • ārddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bheje -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
  • ratnatrayam -
  • ratnatraya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sadā* -
  • Cannot analyse 249
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